Georgetown : While health sectors across the globe have been making significant inroads in the fight against breast cancer, it has been recognized that it yet remains a struggle to detect the recurrence and spread of the disease. In Guyana, breast cancer has been touted as one of the leading causes of death among women, with available statistics revealing that it is the number two most deadly form of cancer in Guyana with cervical cancer taking its place at number one. This is according to General Surgeon attached to Caribbean Surgery, Dr. Surendra Persaud, who has over the years maintained that the single course of effectively treating the disease is through early detection and treatment. “The earlier we can find a woman with breast cancer the better are her chances of surviving.” This is possible even in light of the fact that there is yet no cure for any form of cancer but rather patients can go into remission.
However a recent research suggest that there might be a way to better address the scourge of the disease. The monumental breakthrough is likely to see the prediction of the spread or return of breast cancer. The research found that a breast cancer’s interaction with its surrounding environment held the key to predicting whether it would grow, become dormant or spread to other organs.
The new development once recognized as a legitimate medical strategy could prove to be valuable to the fight against the disease across the globe. At the moment, Dr. Persaud said that Guyana already has been utilizing everything that is needful to address breast cancer right down to the screening process. The screening process is especially important when addressing some forms of cancer, as according to the expert physician, this could help to detect cancer at hopefully an even earlier stage allowing for it to be tackled in a timely manner. “If we are able to detect breast cancer in a woman at Stage One instead of Stage Four her survival is much better so that is why screening is so important.”
Generally there are three parts when it comes to the detection of breast cancer, according to Dr. Persaud. This, he said, includes self breast examination, which is done by the woman herself; clinical breast examination which is done by a clinician who exams women’s breast on a regular basis and then there is the mammogram.
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