{"id":8834,"date":"2020-10-22T15:36:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T15:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corpsite.staging.3d4medical.cloud\/uncategorized\/breast-cancer-awareness-month"},"modified":"2021-05-13T12:34:35","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T12:34:35","slug":"breast-cancer-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corpsite.nonprod.completeanatomy.cn\/zh-hans\/blog\/breast-cancer-awareness-month","title":{"rendered":"October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For many countries across the world,\u00a0October\u00a0marks Breast Cancer Awareness month.\u00a0This international health campaign originally started in the United States\u00a0in 1985.\u00a0The goal was to educate women about breast cancer and early detection tests, ultimately\u00a0letting women\u00a0take\u00a0control of their breast health.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For many countries across the world,\u00a0October\u00a0marks Breast Cancer Awareness month.\u00a0This international health campaign originally started in the United States\u00a0in 1985.\u00a0The goal was to educate women about breast cancer and early detection tests, ultimately\u00a0letting women\u00a0take\u00a0control of their breast health.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s take a closer look at the actual anatomy of the\u00a0breasts.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anatomy of the breasts<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The breasts\u00a0sit on the anterior\u00a0thoracic\u00a0wall.\u00a0The main surface anatomy of the breast\u00a0includes\u00a0three\u00a0structures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. The nipple- mostly smooth muscle fibers\u00a0<\/li>
  2. The areolae-\u00a0pigmented area of skin surrounding nipple\u00a0<\/li>
  3. The sebaceous glands\u00a0within the areolae- secrete protective lubricant for\u00a0the\u00a0nipple\u00a0when enlarged from pregnancy\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Beneath the skin,\u00a0the breasts are\u00a0composed of mammillary glands and connective tissue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mammary Glands:<\/strong>\u00a0Modified sweat glands. Consists of many ducts and secretory lobules.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Connective Tissue Stroma:<\/strong>\u00a0Supporting structure that surrounds the mammary glands. Both\u00a0fibrous\u00a0and fatty components. The\u00a0fibrous\u00a0stroma condenses to form suspensory ligaments\u00a0that attach and secure the breast to the dermis and fascia. They also separate the secretory lobules of the breasts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Pectoral Fascia:<\/strong>\u00a0This flat sheet of connective tissue is associated with\u00a0the\u00a0pectoralis major muscle\u00a0and is the base the breast\u00a0lies\u00a0on. It is an attachment point for the suspensory ligaments.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The\u00a0lymphatic\u00a0drainage of the breasts\u00a0is\u00a0of great clinical importance due to\u00a0its\u00a0role in metastasis of cancer.\u00a0Drainage blockages\u00a0associated with cancer\u00a0can result in nipple deviation and retraction\u00a0and\u00a0dimpled pores. Large\u00a0dimples\u00a0are usually caused by cancerous invasions and\u00a0fibrosis. This causes\u00a0retraction of the suspensory ligaments.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1 in 8 women are diagnosed with breast cancer within their lifetime.\u00a0Thus, early detection\/screening provides the best chances of recovery.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    For many countries across the world, October marks Breast Cancer Awareness month. This international health campaign originally started in the United States in 1985. The goal was to educate women about breast cancer and early detection tests, ultimately letting women take control of their breast health.\u9605\u8bfb\u8be6\u60c5<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpsite.nonprod.completeanatomy.cn\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8834"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpsite.nonprod.completeanatomy.cn\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpsite.nonprod.completeanatomy.cn\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpsite.nonprod.completeanatomy.cn\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpsite.nonprod.completeanatomy.cn\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/corpsite.nonprod.completeanatomy.cn\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9444,"href":"https:\/\/corpsite.nonprod.completeanatomy.cn\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8834\/revisions\/9444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corpsite.nonprod.completeanatomy.cn\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpsite.nonprod.completeanatomy.cn\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corpsite.nonprod.completeanatomy.cn\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}