4 Reasons Why It's Better to Spend on Breast Cancer Prevention

 Breast cancer is one of the most fatal diseases in women. As per a WHO report, 65% cases in India are diagnosed only when they reach stage III or IV - an advanced stage of the disease. Cancers can only be cured successfully if they are detected early. Early detection of breast cancer is the key to treatment, cure, quality of life, and survival - and the key to early detection is 'preventive health checkup'.

Some people think health checkups are costly or not worth the cost. But they are actually cheaper than finding treatment for cancer that has advanced. Health checkup is like getting servicing your body. Here are four reasons why spending money on preventing breast cancer makes more sense.

1. It gives you peace of mind along with actionable information

Your checkup reports your current status of health. Based on that you can be at peace that your health is perfect, or you could take corrective lifestyle actions for preventing the risks your reports indicated.

2. It saves your out-of-pocket or unexpected expenditures 

Cost of health checkups are way lower than treatment, especially when the stage of cancer is at an advanced stage. Moreover, early detection through checkups gives you an edge - survival.

Have a look at the comparison of modalities of treatment, survival rate and cost of treatment in various stages of breast cancer.

3. It avoids stress and mental trauma for the sufferer and their families

Regular health screenings can save the patient and their family from trauma, pain, mental agony and financial setback - if you compare, you'll see that the cost of prevention is almost negligible.

Breast cancer at Stage 1 is definitely curable; at Stage 2 it is highly manageable. However, if it reaches Stage 3 or 4, it is very difficult to treat, and survival reduces to a few years.

4. It is an investment for your overall health

Health checkups are your tool in prevention. Ideally, you should go for routine full body health checkups at least once a year. It helps you in understanding the performance and functioning of the organs, hormones and metabolism in your body, any abnormalities or deficiencies that might be developing, and the risks that you might have towards certain diseases. As your lifestyle affects your health over time, you should be regular with your screenings. You might be able to cure deficiencies and disease risks including breast cancer with minor lifestyle improvements. 

Stay a step ahead of breast cancer, book your cancer screening tests like sono-mammography and more in this comprehensive health checkup package.

How Does Yearly Preventive Health Checkup Help In Reducing Healthcare Costs?

What is a ‘preventive’ health checkup?

It is a combination of diagnostic and laboratory tests to check the health of all the organs and body to identify the risk factors and lifestyle diseases that might be developing in the body, at an early stage. Lifestyle diseases or non-communicable diseases are completely preventable and curable if detected early. 

Why go for health checkups every year?

• Your body, and its health undergoes changes every day. Your daily lifestyle and your surrounding environment is continuously affecting your health. 

• Your lifestyle is composed of the food you consume, your physical activities, stress levels, sleep cycle, your habits like smoking or drinking alcohol, etc. 

• Your environment is everything around you, like pollution, sound, etc. Being healthy is a state of complete wellbeing in terms of your body, and mind. 

• You might not have much control over your environment, but you have complete control on your lifestyle. A healthy lifestyle leads to a healthy body. Regular health checkups are a part of a healthy lifestyle.

Any disease or abnormality developing in your body because of your environment, lifestyle or  genetically passed on from family can be detected with full body health checkups. You need to get yourself checked at yearly intervals because your daily life affects your health. Your health checkup report shows you the picture of your current health.     

How does yearly health checkups reduce costs and save lives?

Medical and financial research has shown that yearly preventive health checkups are more of an investment than an expense. Lifestyle diseases like cancer do not show any symptoms in their beginning stages, they show signs only when they reach a fatal stage. Sadly, most of the time, it results in loss of life, and immense out of pocket expenses, along with mental trauma for the family.

On the other hand, with yearly checkups, you know your health status - therefore you are empowered to make informed decisions about your health. In case of any disease detected in your reports, you can quickly consult your doctor about the changes you should be making to your lifestyle, and planning a possible treatment plan. Treatment at an early stage is cost effective and non-invasive, and can lead to a complete cure.

Want to know a fun fact - yearly full body health checkups can also get you an income tax rebate. Book your preventive health checkup now.