Secondary prevention strategies use screening and early detection programs in an attempt to identify cancer early in its development, to reduce the morbidity and mortality by improving the outcome of disease that has already developed
Breast Self Examination
Steps
- Stand before a mirror. Raise one arm, with fingers flat, touch every part of each breast, gently feeling for a lump or thickening. Use your right hand to examine your left breast, your left hand for your right breast.
- With arms at your sides, then raised above your head, look carefully for changes in the size, shape, and contour of each breast. Look for puckering, dimpling or changes in skin texture. Gently squeeze both nipples and look for discharge.
- Place a towel or pillow under your shoulder and your right hand behind your head. Examine your right breast with your left hand.
- Finger flat, press gently in small circles, starting at the outermost top edge of your breast and spiraling in towards the nipple. Examine every part of the breast. Repeat with left breast.
- With your arm resting on a firm surface, use the same circular motion to examine the underarm area, this is breast tissue, too.
Oral Self Examination
Steps
- Rinse your mouth with water, open it wide and examine in front of a mirror under a good light as shown in pictures.
- In case of Ulcers, White/Red Patches within the oral cavity (roof of the mouth, inner lining of the cheek, under the tongue or the lips consult the expert.
