Thanks to its aesthetics values due to the fact that the breast has always been a symbol of femininity, implications of breast cancer in women’s psychological status are great. Thus, many women show a real phobia of the disease and because its incidence is growing, it is a permanently source of stress. This “fear” of developing breast cancer, keeps the patients away from the doctor instead to bring them as quickly and more often to him. Many times this state of panic and mental depression is not justified since the formation of breast nodules to not indicate breast cancer, but it can be the result of some hormonal disorders, elucidated through rigorous medical checks. Fortunately, malignant tumors in the breasts are occurring only 20% and the benign tumors, the rest of 80%. Breast cancer, like all other cancers, is fully curable if it is diagnosed and treated in early stages and this can only be achieved through a monthly self – examination, but made it correctly.



Breast cancer usually begins with the formation of a small and well defined tumor. Some tumors are benign, meaning that they will not invade other tissues, and others are malignant or cancerous. Malignant tumors have the potential to make metastases, meaning that they can spread to others organs of the body. The danger of these malignant tumors occurs when the disease is worsening through nipple bleeding, breast pain, persistent pains to that breast, nodules multiplying and the appearance of some eczema on the nipple.

Breast cancer occurs most frequently in reproductive period, from adolescence until menopause. To young ages, it may appear only few lumps as small tumors, detected by palpation, which show no symptoms of breast cancer and they reabsorbed by itself. After the age of 30 years, it can form some liquid non – cancerous tumors, small or large as the breast (breast cysts). Sometimes the cyst may progress to the cancerous phase.

Most women have an increased risk of breast cancer. Among the most significant risk factors are: age and family history of breast cancer. A women whose mothers, sister or daughter had breast cancer, have a risk with two or three times more likely to get the disease, especially if the family is affected by breast cancer at least two first – degree relatives.

Many studies have shown that women, whose diet is rich in fat, are more susceptible to almost any disease.



The different types of breast cancer grow and spread rapidly. Even the men can develop breast cancer but their number is less than a half percent of all cases. In women, breast cancer is the most common cancer and second leading cause of cancer deaths – after lung cancer. Statistics show that eight women who could reach 85 years, develops breast cancer at some point in their life. Two thirds of women with breast cancer are over 50 years old, and the remaining have between 39 and 49 year old, at least the most of them.

To prevention chapter should be referred the importance of mammography which s made n women over 40 years old. Another one is self- examination which can be made by any medical specialist but also by you (do it monthly and if you notice a breast lump that has not existed before, remember that this is a warning signal, especially if it hurts; pan in breast cancer is very late). Breastfeeding is considered as a factor of safety, if it last more than six months. Also, the birth of a child before the age of 25 years is a protective factor against breast cancer.