{"id":18197,"date":"2024-10-24T19:34:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T19:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/doctors-note-october-2024\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T20:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:00:12","slug":"doctors-note-october-2024","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/doctors-note-october-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Nota del m\u00e9dico - Octubre de 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Es <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/pink\/\">Mes de sensibilizaci\u00f3n sobre el c\u00e1ncer de mama<\/a>En octubre, el D\u00eda Mundial de la Lucha contra el C\u00e1ncer de Mama es un momento para educar, concienciar y animar a las personas a tomar medidas para prevenir el c\u00e1ncer de mama. Este mes de octubre, destacamos el papel fundamental de las revisiones en la detecci\u00f3n precoz y ofrecemos orientaci\u00f3n sobre cu\u00e1ndo dar ese paso vital hacia la salud mamaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aunque el c\u00e1ncer de mama puede desarrollarse sin signos o s\u00edntomas evidentes en sus primeras fases, las revisiones peri\u00f3dicas como <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/breast-center\/mammograms\/\">mamograf\u00edas<\/a> pueden detectar cambios en el tejido mamario mucho antes de que sean perceptibles. La detecci\u00f3n precoz es clave para el \u00e9xito del tratamiento y la mejora de las tasas de supervivencia. Los s\u00edntomas del c\u00e1ncer de mama que pueden aparecer m\u00e1s tarde incluyen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Un bulto o masa en la mama<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cambios en el tama\u00f1o o la forma de las mamas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Descarga o inversi\u00f3n del pez\u00f3n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hoyuelos o engrosamiento de la piel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dolor en una zona espec\u00edfica del pecho<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Las mamograf\u00edas siguen siendo el est\u00e1ndar de oro para el cribado del c\u00e1ncer de mama porque pueden detectar tumores cuando son demasiado peque\u00f1os para palparlos\", afirma <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/maureen-chung-md\/\">Dra. Maureen Chung<\/a>Director M\u00e9dico del Programa de Atenci\u00f3n Mamaria de Southcoast Health. \"La detecci\u00f3n precoz puede conducir a una serie de opciones de tratamiento que son menos invasivas y pueden conducir a mejores resultados para los pacientes.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cu\u00e1ndo someterse a un cribado<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las mujeres a partir de 40 a\u00f1os deben empezar a hacerse mamograf\u00edas anuales, aunque las que tengan antecedentes familiares de c\u00e1ncer de mama quiz\u00e1 deban empezar antes. \"Las mujeres con alto riesgo deben consultar con su profesional sanitario sobre el momento adecuado para empezar las pruebas, ya que factores gen\u00e9ticos como las mutaciones BRCA1 y BRCA2 pueden aumentar el riesgo de c\u00e1ncer de mama\", a\u00f1ade el Dr. Chung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Southcoast recomienda mamograf\u00edas anuales en 3D (tomos\u00edntesis) para que las personas puedan ser diagnosticadas antes y el c\u00e1ncer no crezca sin ser detectado hasta que sea m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil de curar\", dice el Dr. Chung. \"Cada m\u00e9todo de cribado tiene sus propias ventajas, y un enfoque personalizado puede ayudar a las mujeres a recibir los resultados m\u00e1s precisos\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tipos de cribado<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adem\u00e1s de las mamograf\u00edas tradicionales, existen otras opciones de cribado:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mamograf\u00eda 3D: Disponible en el Southcoast Health Breast Care Center, esta tecnolog\u00eda de imagen de vanguardia permite a los radi\u00f3logos identificar mejor los problemas que se esconden en el tejido mamario denso, al tiempo que diferencia el tejido normal superpuesto.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ecograf\u00eda mamaria: Suele utilizarse como cribado complementario en mujeres con mamas densas o de mayor riesgo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resonancia magn\u00e9tica de mama: Recomendada para individuos de alto riesgo, especialmente aquellos con antecedentes familiares o mutaciones gen\u00e9ticas conocidas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lo esencial<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El c\u00e1ncer de mama es muy tratable cuando se detecta precozmente, por lo que las revisiones peri\u00f3dicas son una parte esencial de la atenci\u00f3n sanitaria proactiva, independientemente de su edad o de los factores de riesgo. Si no est\u00e1 segura de cu\u00e1ndo empezar, hable con su m\u00e9dico sobre un plan de detecci\u00f3n adecuado para usted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Este Mes de Sensibilizaci\u00f3n sobre el C\u00e1ncer de Mama, tome las riendas de su salud dando prioridad a las revisiones rutinarias, y anime a sus seres queridos a hacer lo mismo. Como se\u00f1ala el Dr. Chung, \"las mamograf\u00edas no previenen el c\u00e1ncer, pero lo detectan antes, y eso se traduce en salvar vidas.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":7031,"template":"","categories":[1229],"class_list":["post-18197","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-expert-insights"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Doctor\u2019s Note \u2013 October 2024 - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This October, our Doctor\u2019s Note is written by Dr. Maureen Chung, Medical Director of Southcoast Health\u2019s Breast Care Program.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/doctors-note-october-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doctor\u2019s Note \u2013 October 2024 - 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