A advisory radiation oncologist, Dr. of Benin Teaching Hospital (Ubth) University. Oludare Edemi said yesterday that he achieved a success in breast cancer when he recently treated the patient of breast cancer without mastectomy (the process of removing the breast due to cancer). He described treatment as microsed treatment, which requires using radioactive seeds. In conversation with news, he also advised women to go for regular screening for breast cancer to detect the disease. He said that this new process was first performed in Canada for about two years, now practiced at some places in the United States, but he was the first in Africa.
He said, “This microseds are the first throughout Africa. It has come to Africa through Nigeria,” he said that the process preserves a breast, saying that the conservation of the breast is important for cosmetic reasons. Adeyemi said that Microseds Treatment takes one day process, unlike convention radiotherapy, which takes four weeks to complete. “The procedure is done when microseds are placed in a tumor bed under ultrasound-guided” but “it should be emphasized that the microseds healing process is only suitable for early breast cancer”. Dr. Eidmi said that the main hormonal factors, age, environmental factor and lifestyle causing breast cancer are. He said that the symptoms of breast cancer include: breast lumps or thickening that feels different from the surrounding tissue, changes in the shape, size or appearance of the breast, turns into the skin on the breast, such as dimpling. He said that breast cancer can be prevented. If women are familiar with their breasts through breast self-examination and awareness, exercise in most days of the week, maintains a healthy weight and chooses a healthy diet.
