Know the symptoms of breast cancer

EDINBURG, Texas – Breast cancer has been diagnosed in approximately 4 million people in the United States.

With the disease being the second most common type of cancer in women, breast cancer rates among women have declined over the last 20 years. 40,000 people are expected to die this year. Surgeons at the Hospital of Renaissance Doctors say that the disease can also be diagnosed in men.

Dr. Carlos Garcia-Cantu discusses some of the symptoms that women should look for.

"This type of pain is different from the usual pain.This is not the normal pain experienced by most patients before their menstrual cycle.You'll have the chest.It's a constant, sometimes it is The other thing is that they feel like a lump or swelling, they feel a redness in the area. "

The addition of mammograms is the only way to reduce the risk of breast cancer.

Dr. Garcia-Cantu encourages women over the age of 40 to have a mammogram each year. He also claims that not breastfeeding and that the high rate of estrogen in the breast is a major cause of breast cancer.

"If you do not have children able to stop cycling, this can be a problem because your body does not release estrogen," says Dr. Garcia-Cantu.

Women are not the only ones affected. For every 100 women with cancer, a man will have breast cancer.

"A survey should be conducted among people with breast cancer, men, in the family, because the family can be affected."

Sasha Brown, who lost her mother to breast cancer at the age of 16, shares the experience of her first mammogram. "It was very scary, I did not want to do it, but afterwards I'm very happy, I decided to encourage everyone to do it."

People who have been diagnosed with breast cancer without insurance can receive free assistance and treatment from the federal government via Medicaid Emergency Insurance.