{"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\/pt\/news\/doctors-note-october-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Nota do M\u00e9dico - outubro de 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/pink\/\">M\u00eas de sensibiliza\u00e7\u00e3o para o cancro da mama<\/a>O m\u00eas de outubro \u00e9 uma altura para educar, sensibilizar e capacitar as pessoas para tomarem medidas de preven\u00e7\u00e3o do cancro da mama. Neste m\u00eas de outubro, destacamos o papel fundamental dos rastreios na dete\u00e7\u00e3o precoce e oferecemos orienta\u00e7\u00e3o sobre quando dar esse passo vital para a sa\u00fade da mama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Embora o cancro da mama possa desenvolver-se sem quaisquer sinais ou sintomas \u00f3bvios nas suas fases iniciais, os rastreios regulares, tais como <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/breast-center\/mammograms\/\">mamografias<\/a> pode detetar altera\u00e7\u00f5es no tecido mam\u00e1rio muito antes de estas se tornarem vis\u00edveis. A dete\u00e7\u00e3o precoce \u00e9 a chave para um tratamento bem sucedido e melhores taxas de sobreviv\u00eancia. Os sintomas do cancro da mama que podem aparecer mais tarde incluem<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Um n\u00f3dulo ou massa na mama<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Altera\u00e7\u00f5es no tamanho ou forma do peito<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Descarga ou invers\u00e3o da tetina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diminui\u00e7\u00e3o ou espessamento da pele<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dor numa zona espec\u00edfica do peito<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\"As mamografias continuam a ser a norma de ouro para o rastreio do cancro da mama porque conseguem detetar tumores quando estes s\u00e3o demasiado pequenos para serem sentidos\", afirma <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/maureen-chung-md\/\">Dra. Maureen Chung<\/a>Diretor m\u00e9dico do programa de cuidados da mama da Southcoast Health. \"A dete\u00e7\u00e3o precoce pode levar a uma s\u00e9rie de op\u00e7\u00f5es de tratamento que s\u00e3o menos invasivas e podem levar a melhores resultados para os pacientes.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quando fazer um rastreio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As mulheres com idade igual ou superior a 40 anos devem come\u00e7ar a fazer mamografias anuais, embora algu\u00e9m com uma hist\u00f3ria familiar de cancro da mama possa ter de come\u00e7ar mais cedo. \"As mulheres com risco elevado devem consultar o seu prestador de cuidados de sa\u00fade sobre a altura certa para iniciar o rastreio, uma vez que os factores gen\u00e9ticos, como as muta\u00e7\u00f5es BRCA1 e BRCA2, podem aumentar o risco de cancro da mama\", acrescenta o Dr. Chung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Southcoast recomenda mamografias 3D anuais (tomoss\u00edntese) para que as pessoas possam ser diagnosticadas mais cedo e o cancro n\u00e3o cres\u00e7a sem ser detectado at\u00e9 ser mais dif\u00edcil de curar\", diz o Dr. Chung. \"Cada m\u00e9todo de rastreio tem as suas pr\u00f3prias vantagens e uma abordagem personalizada pode ajudar as mulheres a obter os resultados mais precisos.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tipos de rastreio<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Para al\u00e9m das mamografias tradicionais, outras op\u00e7\u00f5es de rastreio incluem:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mamografia 3D: Dispon\u00edvel no Southcoast Health Breast Care Center, esta tecnologia de imagem de ponta permite que os radiologistas identifiquem melhor os problemas ocultos no tecido mam\u00e1rio denso, diferenciando ao mesmo tempo o tecido normal e sobreposto.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ecografia mam\u00e1ria: Frequentemente utilizada como um rastreio suplementar para mulheres com seios densos ou com maior risco.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Resson\u00e2ncia magn\u00e9tica da mama: Recomendada para indiv\u00edduos de alto risco, especialmente os que t\u00eam um historial familiar ou muta\u00e7\u00f5es gen\u00e9ticas conhecidas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A linha de fundo<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O cancro da mama \u00e9 altamente trat\u00e1vel quando detectado precocemente, o que torna os rastreios regulares uma parte essencial dos cuidados de sa\u00fade proactivos - independentemente da sua idade ou factores de risco. Se n\u00e3o tiver a certeza de quando come\u00e7ar, fale com o seu profissional de sa\u00fade sobre um plano de rastreio adequado para si.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neste M\u00eas de Sensibiliza\u00e7\u00e3o para o Cancro da Mama, assuma o controlo da sua sa\u00fade dando prioridade aos exames de rotina e incentive aqueles de quem gosta a fazerem o mesmo. Como refere o Dr. Chung, \"As mamografias n\u00e3o previnem o cancro, mas detectam-no mais cedo - e isso traduz-se em 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\/pt\/news\/doctors-note-october-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Doctor\u2019s Note \u2013 October 2024 - 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