{"id":1292,"date":"2016-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vailhealth.org\/breast-cancer-awareness-are-you-dense\/"},"modified":"2016-11-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T07:00:00","slug":"concientizacion-sobre-el-cancer-de-mama-eres-denso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vailhealth.org\/es\/news\/breast-cancer-awareness-are-you-dense\/","title":{"rendered":"Concientizaci\u00f3n sobre el c\u00e1ncer de mama: \u00bfEres densa?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ninguna mujer disfruta realmente que la llamen \"densa\", pero cuando se trata de la detecci\u00f3n de c\u00e1ncer de mama, este t\u00e9rmino tiene implicaciones completamente diferentes.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al hablar el lenguaje de la mamograf\u00eda, si a una paciente se le considera \"densa\" o \"extremadamente densa\", significa que sus senos est\u00e1n compuestos por una gran cantidad de tejido denso en lugar de tejido graso, una caracter\u00edstica com\u00fan en mujeres j\u00f3venes premenop\u00e1usicas o en aquellas que reciben terapia hormonal. El proceso de envejecimiento t\u00edpicamente hace que el tejido mamario sea menos denso. El problema es que cuando los m\u00e9dicos revisan una mamograf\u00eda, el tejido denso se ve muy similar al tejido canceroso, lo que dificulta la detecci\u00f3n del c\u00e1ncer en mujeres con senos densos. \u00bfNo sabes si tienes senos densos? La densidad mamaria se determina a partir de una mamograf\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 hacer si tienes senos densos? Susan G. Komen for the Cure tiene las siguientes recomendaciones:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Conoce tus riesgos. Habla con tus m\u00e9dicos sobre tu historial familiar y tus riesgos personales.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>H\u00e1gase ex\u00e1menes de detecci\u00f3n anualmente a partir de los 40 a\u00f1os y realice ex\u00e1menes cl\u00ednicos de los senos.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Conoce qu\u00e9 es normal en ti y nota si algo cambia en tus senos.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Toma decisiones saludables para reducir tu riesgo: mant\u00e9n un peso saludable, limita el consumo de alcohol y haz ejercicio regularmente.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tener mamas densas en el condado de Eagle ya no es motivo de tanta preocupaci\u00f3n. Hace unos meses, el Centro de Mama Sonnenalp se convirti\u00f3 en el primer centro de Colorado en utilizar un software de evaluaci\u00f3n mamaria cuantitativa junto con la mamograf\u00eda 3D, lo que permite distinguir mucho m\u00e1s claramente entre el tejido denso sano y el c\u00e1ncer.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"Hemos estado haciendo mamograf\u00edas 3D en Edwards desde mayo y dir\u00eda que aproximadamente el 30 por ciento de las personas que antes habr\u00eda tenido que volver a llamar ya no tuve que hacerlo porque pude ver mejor su mama con esta tecnolog\u00eda\", dice la Dra. Janice Ugale, radi\u00f3loga del Sonnenalp Breast Center. \"Sabemos que podemos detectar c\u00e1nceres m\u00e1s peque\u00f1os en comparaci\u00f3n con la mamograf\u00eda 2D. El software de evaluaci\u00f3n de densidad mamaria nos permite ser muy uniformes y precisos con las mujeres a las que llamamos densas\".<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuando se detecta una anomal\u00eda sospechosa en una mamograf\u00eda realizada con la t\u00e9cnica 2D, la paciente es llamada para realizarse im\u00e1genes de diagn\u00f3stico. Existe un considerable estr\u00e9s e incluso una sensaci\u00f3n de fatalidad al ser llamada de vuelta tras una mamograf\u00eda. Si este paso puede eliminarse para algunas pacientes debido a la claridad del software 3D, es beneficioso para todos los involucrados. Las pacientes se ahorran no solo la ansiedad, sino tambi\u00e9n el tiempo y el gasto de visitas adicionales, y el personal m\u00e9dico se ahorra la desagradable tarea de tratar de explicar la necesidad de m\u00e1s ex\u00e1menes.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Con el software 3D, los radi\u00f3logos pueden ver el tejido con mayor claridad, especialmente en mujeres con senos densos. En algunos casos, lo que antes podr\u00eda haber parecido un \u00e1rea de preocupaci\u00f3n no es m\u00e1s que tejido denso y sano. Tambi\u00e9n pueden detectar mejor c\u00e1nceres peque\u00f1os y tratables.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"El software 3D toma im\u00e1genes de cortes de un mil\u00edmetro del seno y le da al radi\u00f3logo la capacidad de ver los cortes como p\u00e1ginas de un libro\", explica Colleen Berga, tecn\u00f3loga de mamograf\u00eda del Centro de Mama Sonnenalp. \"Le est\u00e1 dando al radi\u00f3logo la mejor imagen y la mayor cantidad de informaci\u00f3n. Antes de esto, solo ten\u00edamos una imagen est\u00e1tica. Pod\u00edas mejorar el contraste, pero no pod\u00edas llegar a las capas profundas para evaluar el tejido\".<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muchas otras instalaciones m\u00e9dicas a\u00fan no tienen el software de mamograf\u00eda 3D porque es caro. El Sonnenalp Breast Center en el Shaw Regional Cancer Center adquiri\u00f3 la nueva tecnolog\u00eda gracias al generoso apoyo de The Sonnenalp Foundation, el Vail Breast Cancer Awareness Group y Pad the Bra of Cordillera.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"Pero no es solo el equipo lo que le da al Centro de Seno Sonnenalp su excelente reputaci\u00f3n\", dice Berga. \"Gran parte del reconocimiento debe atribuirse a nuestro magn\u00edfico personal. Tenemos personas que realmente se preocupan y dedican tiempo a educar a la paciente y a su familia\".<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Shaw Regional Cancer Center y el Sonnenalp Breast Center son servicios de Vail Valley Medical Center, una organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro desde 1965.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Datos sobre la mamograf\u00eda para el Mes de Concientizaci\u00f3n sobre el C\u00e1ncer de Mama<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Todas las mujeres mayores de 40 a\u00f1os deber\u00edan hacerse una mamograf\u00eda anualmente y potencialmente antes si hay antecedentes familiares.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Todos los senos vienen en varias densidades, desde grasos hasta extremadamente densos. Los senos densos pueden dificultar la detecci\u00f3n del c\u00e1ncer porque el tejido denso puede verse muy similar al c\u00e1ncer en la mamograf\u00eda.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>La mamograf\u00eda 2D, que es b\u00e1sicamente una radiograf\u00eda de la mama, ha sido \u00abel est\u00e1ndar de referencia\u00bb para la detecci\u00f3n del c\u00e1ncer de mama, con una tasa de detecci\u00f3n de aproximadamente el 85 por ciento. Los fabricantes de software para mamograf\u00edas 3D afirman que esta tecnolog\u00eda aumenta la detecci\u00f3n hasta en un 40% en comparaci\u00f3n con la 2D y reduce dr\u00e1sticamente la necesidad de volver a realizar ex\u00e1menes. Permite detectar mejor los c\u00e1nceres m\u00e1s peque\u00f1os que son tratables y diferenciar con mayor claridad el tejido denso sano del tejido canceroso.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Aunque es inc\u00f3moda, la compresi\u00f3n del seno sigue siendo necesaria para una mamograf\u00eda, ya que la dispersi\u00f3n del tejido es crucial para obtener las im\u00e1genes m\u00e1s claras.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Las mamograf\u00edas, especialmente con una m\u00e1quina 3D, son la mejor manera de detectar el c\u00e1ncer de mama en su etapa m\u00e1s temprana posible.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n o para programar su mamograf\u00eda en el Sonnenalp Breast Center, llame al <strong>(970) 569-7690<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No woman really enjoys being called \u0093dense\u0094 but when it comes to screening for breast cancer this term has completely different implications. 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