Breast self-exam (examination your breast on your own) is one of the important way to find a breast cancer in earlier stage.
I assume that “breast self-exam” make you anxious at first because you may detect lumps, but you don’t know what they are and what is normal.
Do you have colon polyps?
If I ask this question to people on the street, I think most of them will reply me as “I don’t know” including you.
Don’t worry it’s very normal. It is because you don’t have any apparatus to checking your intestine other than medical facilities.
Colorectal (large intestine) cancer is one of the major cause of cancer death.
It is important to have the examinations to find a colorectal cancer at an early stage to keep your quality of life.
There are 2 common examinations for colorectal cancer; fecal occult blood tests and colonoscopies.
We are going to carry out “Sunday breast check” in 2015 on following days.
2nd: July 12
3rd: October 18
We open at 9:00 to 12:00 and after lunch time, 13:30 to 17:00 for both Sundays.
We have only 2 English speakers in here; our clinic director’s level of English is “communicable”, and mine is “workable” in a certain area.
We are going to carry out a first time “Sunday breast cancer screening” on May 10.
It is also a Mother’s day in Japan.
Breast cancer screening rate is relatively low in most of Asian countries including Japan.
In Japan, many women have a problem of bowel movement, especially trouble with constipation.
Some of them have constipation since their early childhood.
What is constipation by the way?
Let me introduce process of the breast cancer full-course screening at Sapporo Female Clinic with photos.
Have you had the breast cancer screening in your home country?
In many western countries, the screening rate is more than 70%.
It might be a high morbidity in those countries, but also high awareness for the breast cancer and the screening.
Regrettably, it is only 20% in Japan for the screening rate.
Many women must experience that feeling “hmm…something wrong with my buttocks…”.
It might be after stomach flu or unexpected constipation. Either your hormone balance, work related cause; sitting or standing whole day, carry heavy things etc. Of course, pregnancy and child birth could be a trigger.