As we mentioned in breast cancer risk factors, we cannot change some of the factors that increase the risk of breast cancer, such as being a woman, getting older, etc., but we can receive medical consultancy for these risk factors that we cannot change. We can make efforts for risk actors that we can change.
THINGS WOMEN IN THE NORMAL RISK GROUP SHOULD DO
Not gaining weight, not getting fat: Especially after menopause, Being overweight increases the risk of cancer, especially the fat tissue accumulated around the waist increases the risk even more, because fat tissue is the main source of estrogen in menopausal women. Estrogen is one of the hormones that increases the risk of breast cancer. The ideal is to keep the Body Mass Index below 27.
Physical activity: Many studies have shown that moderate or intense physical activity reduces the risk of breast cancer. The important thing is that the exercises are regular and divided into days of the week. A total of 150-300 minutes of moderate intensity or 75-150 minutes of intense exercise per week is recommended, the ideal being 300 minutes.
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Moderate activity: Our breathing and heartbeat are affected It increases as much as during a fast walk. This may also be fast walking itself.
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Intense activity: It is an activity that causes faster pulse, breathing and sweating than in fast walking.
Not drinking alcohol or limiting the amount of alcohol: More than one alcoholic drink a day increases the risk of breast cancer.
An alcoholic beverage means: 360 ml of beer, 150 ml of wine, 40 ml of liqueur (40% alcohol content).
Healthy diet: Fruit Eating foods containing fiber and vitamins and minerals, such as vegetables, is good for the general health of the body, provided that it contains pesticides and is fresh. Processed food (packaged foods containing additives), manufactured meat and meat products, and milk and dairy products containing hormones are foods that should be avoided.
Giving birth and breastfeeding: Before the age of 30. Giving birth reduces the risk of breast cancer. There is no difference between a woman who has never given birth and a woman who has given birth after the age of 35. Breast tissue completes its development after birth and breastfeeding, that is, after milk secretion. Breast tissue that has not completed its development is also sensitive to external factors. Giving birth after being exposed to internal and external factors until the age of 35 does not reverse the event. It is recommended that the breastfeeding period be 4-6 months.
Not taking hormone replacement therapy: Hormonal changes in women who have gone through menopause have many negative effects:
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Cardiovascular diseases due to atherosclerosis
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Osteoporosis
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Genitourinary atrophy
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Predisposition to Alzheimer's and dementia
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Psychological collapse
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Tendency to hypothyroidism
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Decline in metabolism, weight gain
For all these reasons, hormone replacement therapy protocols were applied for a long time, but the hormones used here were very different from the hormones produced in our body. It has been observed that these hormone replacement treatments significantly increase the risk of breast cancer.
Recently, it has been stated that hormone replacement treatments performed with bioidentical hormones are safer than the hormones in our body. It is necessary to calculate the profit and loss when performing these treatments, and it is unsafe to apply them to patients in high risk groups.
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