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Women breasts are made and organized with the objective of producing milk to feed young one. Structure of breast is such that the glandular tissues called lobules work as milk producing elements and ducts are linings to draw milk to the nipples. Fatty tissues and supportive connective tissues are also a part of breast structure. In addition other arrangement like blood vessels, lymph channels are also present in breasts. Throughout the life changes keep on taking place in your breasts. These changes are a normal routine and part of breast development and appear due to genes functioning. Cells keep on growing, dividing and replacing themselves according to genes instruction. For a few times, such mutations start coming about in genes instructions that orderly functioning of cells gets disturbed and cells start growing and dividing oddly. These abnormal cells disturb the cells working rightly and form a tumor in ducts or lobules. Cancer tumor is most of the time formed in lobules or ducts in breasts. If this tumor is detected early then it is treatable easily and successfully, but as later the detection is made, lower will be the chances of surviving even after treatment. Increased survival rate is positively correlated with early detection of this cancer. Availability of breast screening techniques has facilitated women at a large scale in checking their breasts for any unusual change. Breast screening programs offered by doctors and commonly practiced to detect any abnormality are basically two and these are; • Mammogram Test Mammogram test know as imaging test is about taking x-rays of breasts. It can show the tumors in x-rays which are too small to feel. It is helpful in finding out those cells which may cause invasive breast cancer. However, the credibility of mammography depends upon the size of cancer, breasts density, and knowledge of radiologist. Breast cancer can be diagnosed earlier and successfully in women older than forty because their breasts are less dense as compare to young ladies. Mammogram for the very first time is used as screening breasts for any abnormality, and if there exists some abnormality then patient is asked to undergo a diagnostic mammogram which helps in discovering the nature of that abnormality that whether it is cancerous or just a harmless tumor. • Clinical Breast Exam Clinical breast exam is also very effective sort of breast test. This test involves feeling your breasts and rest of the chest area by a health care provider. Your physician performs this exam with two objectives; one to look your breasts shape, size and skin and secondly to feel your breasts for any lumps or some other abnormality. Other than these two techniques self breast exam is recommended once in a month after periods. Women are asked to become breast aware after twenty by performing this exam every month. This exam gives you a better sense of your chest area and serves you as a guide line in getting anything wrong with breasts. Women, who still are unaware of their breasts, need to plan a regular breast exam from now.
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