Nowadays breast cancer is like a evil spirit in women, it hovers over them like a ghost and engulf them as soon as it get chance. It is not surprizing to diagnose women with breast cancer during pregnancy as it can attack women in any stage of life. According to American Cancer Society, 1 out of 3000 pregnant women suffer from this disaster . It is being expected that this ratio will increase in future. There are many reasons to diagnose with breast cancer during pregnancy with one being the trend to have baby late in life . Also the risk of breast cancer increases in older age women.
Breast cancer during pregnancy is also called gestational breast cancer. One of the major issue with gestational breast cancer is its delayed diagnosis. During pregnancy there is a disturbance in regular hormone balance, level of progesteron , estrogen and prolactin become elevated. These hormones cause breast to undergo certain changes. During pregnancy and lactation, breast tissues become thicker and dense which cause unability to detect breast cancer on mamogram ( a technique to detect breast cancer ) . …show more content…
Confidently examine your self or consult to your physician about your problem. In this scientific era , there are many techniques to diagnose breast cancer . These techniques includes mamogram, ultrasound and MRI. Mamogram is thought to be the efficient and safest way of diagnosis as it uses least radiations which is not harmful for the fetus . For the purpose of extra protection lower abdomen region is also covered with a special lid so that radiations have no way to reach to the