“Preventive medicine is essential, and even more so in breast cancer.”
Interview with Dr. Vidal in the space 'What's wrong with me, doctor', with Enrique de la Morena and Federico Jiménez Losantos where he explains the importance of preventive medicine in the field of Gynecology
Dr. Vidal, director of the Women's Unit of the Ruber International Hospital, has gone to the radio program 'It's Federico Jiménez Losantos' morning', to be interviewed within the space 'What's wrong with me, Doctor?', along with Enrique de la Morena. In it, he covered various topics, but he particularly spoke about the importance of preventative medicine, especially in breast cancer.
The importance of preventive medicine in breast cancer
As Dr. Vidal explains in the interview, 20-30 years ago, a study was conducted in the United States that found that, in autopsies performed on women who had died at age 100, at least one in situ breast cancer was detected in all cases. Therefore, it can be considered that Breast cancer is a natural degeneration that comes with age..
Breast cancer It is one of the most common in women And as life expectancy increases, more cases appear. Therefore, despite the recommendations of the Spanish Society of Gynecology and the Ministry of Health indicating that women do not need to seek medical care after a certain age (in fact, public health screening ends at age 70), Dr. Vidal defends the need to continue attending, and even more frequently..
La Preventive medicine is essential, and even more so in breast cancerThe woman should see a doctor and undergo mammograms and ultrasounds. If you diagnose cancer in the early stages, which is in the form of microcalcifications that will be analyzed by biopsy to determine whether they are malignant or not, It will be cured in 99,9% of cases.
Evolution in breast cancer prevention
When it comes to breast cancer, the advancement of radiological techniques is one of the major milestones in the evolution of preventive medicine and diagnosis. A mammogram 40 years ago emitted the same amount of radiation as a mammogram 30 years ago, and therefore, today mammograms can be performed annually.
Ultrasound, which appeared in the 60s in the field of gynecology, is currently used for almost any diagnosis. sonographers, for its part, now They allow us to see everything with great precision.
Evolution of prenatal diagnosis
Similarly, Dr. Vidal explains in the interview How access to prenatal diagnosis has changedThanks to advances in ultrasound, birth defects have become more easily detected in the first and second trimesters, genetic diagnoses have been made, and the baby's sex has been determined.
The change in assisted reproduction
Finally, Dr. Vidal recalled in the interview how it was, in September 1978, at a conference held in Venice on reproduction, when an English doctor presented a case of a child born by in vitro fertilization. As he explained, it was from then on that the technique began to spread, until it became the Assisted reproduction today one of the most important branches of gynecology.
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If you found this article interesting and would like to be seen by a professional expert in Gynecology and Obstetrics, the Women's Unit at Ruber International Hospital has a specialized unit in this area. You can request more information by calling the following numbers: 91 387 51 72/73/74 or make an appointment for an in-person consultation, always with the best specialists.
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