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Similar to most developed countries, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Slovenia,<\/strong> with every fifth new cancer case in women being breast cancer.<\/p>\n

Breast cancer is not exclusively a disease of women, as one to two percent of those affected are men.<\/strong> The mortality rate for women with breast cancer is slowly decreasing, mainly due to the detection of smaller tumors and high-quality treatment that is becoming increasingly tailored to the individual woman and her cancer. The organized national screening program Dora<\/a><\/strong>, which launched on April 21, 2008, will certainly contribute to the detection of smaller, non-palpable changes. Pink October is the global breast cancer awareness month. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Every year, 87,000 women die from breast cancer in the European Union, and around 400 in our country. According to the Cancer Registry of Slovenia, 1,255 women and 12 men fell ill in 2010. That year, 421 women and seven men died from breast cancer. In 2016, the number of cases was even higher: 1,386 women and 14 men. In the same year, 384 women (a lower number than in 2010!) and 8 men died from breast cancer. <\/p>\n

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The national DORA<\/strong> program is a screening mammography for the early detection of cancer and precancerous breast changes, organized by the Institute of Oncology in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and the Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia. The goal of the DORA program is to reduce breast cancer mortality among the screened population by 25 to 30 percent; however, the program’s success depends on at least 70 percent of women responding to the invitation for imaging. <\/p>\n

The problem is also that women often say we don’t know how to perform a proper monthly breast self-examination correctly, so we simply don’t do it. In Slovenia, we have many health education tools prepared to help us with this issue: <\/p>\n

Self-examination – Breast Test – click1<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Self-examination in photos – Europa Donna – click2<\/a><\/p>\n

Self-examination – ZAdojke – click 3<\/a><\/p>\n

And nowadays, when various mobile apps are very trendy, there is also a mobile app on the Breast Test website – Trust your hands for breast health.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To help with regular monthly examinations<\/strong>, a mobile app and the Breast Test<\/strong> website are also available. The app includes an up-to-date menstrual calendar that reminds users to perform an exam each month, and it also features simple instructions and visual materials demonstrating the self-examination process. The app is available for free in mobile app stores (App Store, Google Play, Windows Phone Store), and it can also be downloaded to your phone via the website: breast-test.com<\/a>, where a web version of the menstrual calendar with self-exam reminders and a guide to the procedure is also available. <\/p>\n

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