I-American Cancer Society yakamuva yabika ukuthi abesifazane abamnyama manje bathola umdlavuza webele ngesilinganiso esifanayo njengabesifazane abamhlophe. Lokhu kwakungenjalo eminyakeni edlule. Izinga lomdlavuza wesifuba kubesifazane abamnyama ngaphambili babelandela laba besifazane abamhlophe. E-Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, naseTennessee, amanani omdlavuza webele emadodeni abomnyama asanda kudlulela kwabesifazane abamhlophe.
Phakathi nesikhathi sokutadisha, kusukela ngo-2008 kuya ku-2012, inani le-incidence lomdlavuza webele lakhuphuka kwabomnyama abamnyama ngo-0.4% ngonyaka futhi bahlala njalo kubesifazane abamhlophe. Izinga lomdlavuza webele lomzimba lilingana phakathi kwabesifazane abamnyama nabesifazane abamhlophe ngo-2012 ngenxa yokwanda kwamanani omdlavuza wesifuba kubesifazane abamnyama kanye namanani azinzile emantombazaneni abamhlophe.
Abesifazane abamnyama bayaqhubeka bebulawa isifo somdlavuza webele. Izinga lokufa komdlavuza webele lomzimba liye lakhula ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Kusanda nje ngo-2012, izinga lokufa lalingama-42% ngaphezulu kwabesifazane abamnyama kunabesifazane abamhlophe. Ababhali bokufunda bathi lokhu kungenzeka ukuthi kuqhubeke ukuhlinzeka ukwanda okwandayo emdlalweni webelevuza webele emadodeni amnyama.
Imibiko yangaphambili evela ku-American Cancer Society kanye nezinye izifundo ziyaqhubeka zithola ukuthi abesifazane abamnyama banezinga eliphezulu lokufa komdlavuza wesifuba kunoma yiluphi uhlanga noma ubuhlanga. Abesifazane abamnyama bavame ukutholakala ngezigaba kamuva kunamanye amaqembu ezizwe futhi bavame ukuba nokuphila okuphansi kakhulu esigabeni ngasinye sokuxilongwa.
Ezinye zezizathu ezinikezwe lokhu kungukuntuleka kokufinyelela ukuhlolwa okujwayelekile nokulandela, nokufinyelela okulinganiselwe ekwelapheni eliphezulu kakhulu.
Omunye umthelela ekufakeni izinga eliphezulu lokufa kwabantu besifazane abamnyama ukuthi bavame ukuhlukumeza, kunzima ukuphatha izicubu ezifana ne-estrogen receptor (ER) izifo ezimbi.
Kwenye i-release release, i-American Cancer Society ibike ukuthi ukuhlaziywa kwedatha yomhlaba wonke kuthola ukuthi kungakhathaliseki isimo sabo sezenhlalo, abesifazane abamnyama cishe cishe kabili njengabesifazane abamhlophe ukuthi bathole umdlavuza webele wesithathu (negative) ukubikezelwa okubi kakhulu. Izifo zomdlavuza ze-triple negative zikhula futhi zisakaze ngokushesha kunabanye izinhlobo eziningi zomdlavuza webele.
Ezinye izinkinga zezempilo, ezifana nokukhuluphala, zibhekwa njengengozi engozini yomdlavuza webele kubo bonke abesifazane noma ngabe yibuhlanga noma ubuhlanga babo. Ucwaningo olusha lusekela ukuthi ukukhuluphala kwandisa ingozi yocwaningo oluvame kakhulu lomdlavuza webele we-postmenopausal kubomnyama abamnyama.
Lapho uthola khona izindaba zokunakekela umdlavuza webele; Kanjalo uma ufuna ukunakekelwa umdlavuza webele. Lezi zici ezimbili zidlala indima ebalulekile ekwandeni kwegebe phakathi kwamazinga okusinda kwabafazi abamnyama nabesifazane abamhlophe.
Abesifazane abamnyama badinga imisebenzi yokutholwa kanye nokungenela kokuqala. Ama-mammograms, ikakhulukazi ama-mammograms, ayeseyithuluzi elihle kakhulu lokuthola umdlavuza webele ngenkathi encane, ukwelashwa kulula futhi isiguli singakubekezelela kangcono. Ukutholakala kokuqala nokungenelela kunikeza ithuba elingcono lokusinda.
Izincomo ezintsha ze-American Cancer Society zemikhombandlela yokuhlola i-mammogram zaphinda zihlolwe emuva kwabesifazane bonke, engozini enkulu, eminyakeni engama-45 ukuqala mammogram. Babuye bancoma ukuthi ngemuva kweminyaka engu-55, abesifazane bangakwazi ukuhlolwa njalo ngonyaka. Abesifazane abanezici eziyingozi bangadingeka babe ngabameli babo bese bephutha eceleni kokuqapha ngokuqala ukuhlolwa kwezingu-40 nangesi-45, futhi banomzimba waminyaka yonke.
Ukuba ngumkhumbi womdlavuza, ukuhlangana nabesifazane abanesifo somdlavuza webele, sekuqinisekisile isidingo sezinhlelo zokuqwashisa umdlavuza webele ezisedolobheni ukufundisa abesifazane ngezingozi zabo nokuzixhumanisa nezinhlelo zokuhlola kanye nabahlinzeki bezokwelapha.
I-Medicaid ne-Medicare yenza ukuhlolwa nokwelashwa kunokwenzeka kulabo abaswele nalabo abaneminyaka engu-65 + noma abakhubazekile. Ukusabalala kwe-Care Act okungabi nzuzo akuhlinzeki ngezindleko noma ukuhlolwa okuphansi kwezindleko zokuvimbela ezifana namammograms.