General Information About Breast Diseases

Breast cancer continues to be an important health problem. Epidemiologically, 10% of the female population up to the age of 70 is diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer is a disease that can be treated if diagnosed early. From the perspective of preventive medicine, special emphasis is placed on training in self-examination. However, there are no definite data to show the effect of self-examination on the survival rate of breast cancer. On the other hand, applications to physicians due to clinical symptoms related to the breast are quite significant in clinical practice. Applications to physicians due to breast-related complaints have increased in recent years. Breast biopsies are present in 5% of all surgical pathology samples. Despite the advances in imaging methods, 26% of surgical interventions performed by the clinician are aimed at demonstrating the presence of cancer. Mammography is in the first place in early diagnosis. Today, there are data that physical examination together with screening mammograms reduces deaths from breast cancer by 25%. However, despite a lot of progress, early diagnosis of cancer in patients under the age of 50 remains difficult. As a result, attempts to screen for benign breast diseases continue to be important, especially in terms of diagnosing cancer, considering the psychosocial and financial costs. Considering this situation, especially the diagnosis of cancer or Dr. Hüsnü; With the definition of "celestial", it is "proof that there is no cancer in the breast". should be the basic requirement of the clinician (surgeon-radiologist-pathologist).