The walk-in breast model
The walk-in breast model shows the schematic representation of a female chest. It illustrates the anatomical structure of the chest as well as different tumor illnesses. Integrated palpation fields simulate different results in the context of the self investigation.
Why an walk-in breast model?
Cancer of the breast is the most frequent cancer condition of the women. But not the most dangerous kind of cancer. In time recognized and treated most illnesses are more curable. Approximately 58,000 times in the year physicians place the diagnosis „to cancer of the breast " with a woman - she only very rarely, about 400-times meets men annually.
The number of the deaths sinks for some years; 2002 was it 17.100. Ever more women, who get sick with cancer of the breast, do not die thus to it. The Mammakarzinom so called is today more successfully treatable than in former times - with more purposeful and from there often less loading methods.
The female breast
Largely or small, firmly or softly: The bosom is as individual as the woman, to whom it belongs. At least from the outside. But the inside ufbau the chest is alike in principle to woman with each. The chest essentially consists of gland fabric and fat. The glands (Lobuli) form milk, which flows by the milk courses (Ductuli) after the birth of a baby to the nipple. In the chest gives it in addition blood vessels, nerves and lymphatic vessels.
Over the Lymphbahnen surplus liquid from the chest flows off. They belong together with the lymph nodes.
Which one understands by cancer of the breast?
Changes in the genetic make-up of the cells can lead to the fact that cells of an organ or a fabric divide uncontrolled. rarely, about 400-times annually.
Which is a tumor?
Tumor one calls a such cell rampant growth developing due to Zellneubildung. Tumore can be good-like (= benigne) or malicious (= malignantly). Such malicious Tumore is called also „cancer ".
Where cancer of the breast can develop?
Tumor one calls a such cell rampant growth developing due to Zellneubildung. Tumore can be good-like (= benigne) or malicious (= malignantly). Such malicious Tumore is called also „cancer ".
Milk course cancer
This kind of cancer goes out of the cells of the milk course system and as milk course carcinoma or duktales carcinoma is designated.
Milk course cancer (invasiv)
Here the cancer cells are in the milk course and in the environment.
Small cloth cancer
This kind of cancer develops primarily in the gland small cloths and as lobuläres carcinoma or lobuläre neoplasia is designated.
Small cloth cancer (invasiv)
Here the tumor cells are in the gland small cloth and in the environment.
Which are Zysten?
A Zyste is a gland small cloth, whose remark course is locked. Since also outside of the pregnancy little liquid in the glands is always formed collects itself these in the small cloth, if it cannot flow off. The Zyste becomes then slowly larger. Zysten are actually nothing bad, it can become also not malicious. They make quite often problems nevertheless.
Tumore breast - where they arise? 
The monthly investigation of the breast is important, in order to determine changes in the breast fabric promptly. Each woman has fear before cancer of the breast. Each change and each knot a malicious tumor are not natural. But each woman has understandably fear, it could one nevertheless be. Therefore here an overview over the places, in which malicious Tumore develops most frequently
:
- Arise to 60 percent of all knots in the outside upper quarter
- Are appropriate for twelve per cent inside top
- Arise to twelve percent within the range of the nipple
- 10 percent sit inside lower quarters the breast
- 6 percent in the outside lower quadrant of the chest
Most changes of the breast can be discovered by regular precaution by the women themselves. Thus do not forget regular scanning!
Self investigation of the chest
In standing flat put the hand on the breast, with which middle three fingers of the right hand scan the left breast and pay attention to knots. Scan the breast from the inside to the exterior. Then with the left hand the right breast scan. In the end both shoulder caves with flat hand scan and on knots respect. Remarkable to the physician communicate. The breast self investigation does not replace however the visit with the gynecologist.
If cancer of the breast is in time recognized, in most cases the chances of success of the treatment improve crucially. Therefore there is the offer of regular investigations in Germany as in many other countries also for healthy women. In the context of the legal cancer early recognition program in Germany can insured itself once in the year for early recognition examine free of charge to let. To the early recognition of cancer of the breast women are available depending upon age different investigation possibilities.