Breast cancer occupies the highest position of the most suffered by patients in Indonesia

News24xx.com - Of all types of cancer, breast cancer ranks the most in Indonesia. Breast cancer is no longer only with old age but also attacks productive age.

Chairman of the Indonesian Breast Cancer Foundation (YKPI) Linda Gumelar said in Indonesia breast cancer is the highest type of cancer in inpatients and outpatients. According to the hospital information system (SIRS) 2010 the number of breast cancer patients is 21,014 people (28.7 percent). Breast cancer is the highest death case in Indonesia.

"Data from Dharmais (RS) as a national referral hospital, from 40% of inpatients and outpatients are breast cancer, the rest is just another cancer. And this also takes the BPJS budget quite high" Linda Gumelar said at the Yogyakarta Ambarukmo hotel, Friday, September 7th 2018.

It is unfortunate because 70 percent patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage so there is little chance of recovery. This complicates the healing process of the disease. "If it is detected in the early stages, the life expectancy of breast cancer patients will be higher" he said.

Public awareness to check early is still lacking. Besides that because of ignorance, many do not understand. According to him, breast cancer cases are currently also found at a young age. "Many young people are also affected, after 15, 17, and 19 years. This means that there has been a shift at a young age, possibly due to lifestyle, pollution, stress" Linda said.

According to her, breast cancer does not only occur in women. But men can also get breast cancer even more malignantly. "Usually in men the tendency is more virulent. Although the number is small, it may be below 1 percent, but it is more malignant" he explained.

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