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Breast cancer: we learn to do a self-palpation
To help women monitor their breasts, the Lille Catholic Institute Hospitals Group (GHICL) has produced a self-palpation tutorial. A simple gesture that can save our lives!
Self-palpation involves looking at the entire mammary gland to look for an emerging mass, skin change, or oozing. This self-examination takes about 3 minutes, and requires us to carefully examine our breasts, starting from the armpit to the nipple.
During the self-palpation, we must look for:
- A variation in the size or shape of one of the breasts
- A palpable mass
- Roughness of the skin
- A suintement
In video: Tutorial: Autopalpation
Breast cancer, the mobilization continues!
To date, “breast cancer still affects 1 in 8 women”, indicates the Grouping of Hospitals of the Catholic Institute of Lille, which recalls that the mobilization around breast cancer must continue throughout the year. . Prevention campaigns regularly remind women of the importance of early detection, through medical monitoring and mammograms. Currently, “organized screening” is available to women aged 50 and up to 74 years. Mammograms are performed at least every 2 years, every year if the doctor considers it necessary. “Thanks to early detection, half of breast cancers are detected when they measure less than 2 cm” explains Louise Legrand, radiologist at Saint Vincent de Paul hospital. “In addition to increasing the cure rate, quickly detecting breast cancer also reduces the aggressiveness of treatments. It is vital to be monitored regularly, even in times of health crisis. Today, everyone must become an actor in their health and perform a monthly self-palpation accompanied by a mammogram or an ultrasound at least every year, from the age of 30 “ develops Louise Legrand.