Posts Tagged ‘Breast Cancer’
What is a Genetic Diagnosis?
In general, one can say who are the subjects in whose families have identified several specific cancers and in some age of onset is below 50.
The doctor, taking into account family history and age of cancer onset, assess whether it is advisable to make a study of genetic diagnosis.
It is necessary to make the family tree with relatives of the first and second grade:
First grade: Father, mother, sibling, child
Second grade: Grandparents, uncles, nephews and nieces in the maternal or paternal line.
What is a genetic diagnosis?
It is a study to see if a person has inherited a mutation in a gene. This requires the removal of a blood sample.
This study, in a healthy subject, which has neither the time has cancer, is only advisable if you find that a first degree relative has had cancer, a mutation in a gene.
What cases can be seen in the Genetic Counseling Units in Cancer?
Through the primary care physician or specialist will be sent to the Unit for cancer genetic counseling, and family cases of breast cancer, ovarian, colon or rectum hereditary and meet certain requirements.
Breast Cancer Symptoms
Research has found a group of risk factors, or circumstances that make a person more likely to develop the tumor.
* Age: Risk increases with age. Most breast cancers occur over 50 years, at 60 the risk is higher and it is very rare below 35 years, although it is possible.
* Gender: women are more likely to develop breast cancer. Men can also suffer, but the probability is one in every hundred women. Read the rest of this entry »
Angina pectoris
It is estimated that 3 to 4 million people in North America suffer from angina pectoris and 1 million people each year make a myocardial infarction due to severe angina pectoris. More cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death among women. According to the Canadian Foundation for heart disease, nearly 40,000 women die each year as a result of a heart attack is 10 times more than deaths from breast cancer.
What is angina?
Angina pectoris is a cardiovascular problem manifested by chest pain as a sensation of heaviness or compression to the chest. When angina is severe pain may spread to the left shoulder, along the forearm, back and also neck and jaw.
What explains the pain during an attack of angina pectoris?
Pain, discomfort and symptoms that are experienced when there is angina occur because of narrowed coronary arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart muscle. So, when the heart muscle not receiving enough blood and oxygen to “cause the narrowing and clogging of coronary arteries, the angina occurs.