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Article #179: Breast Cancer Information

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Life-threatening malignancies in one or the cancer cells. This process is termed
both breasts is termed as breast cancer. as lumpectomy. In advance cases the
Breast cancer can be both noninvasive, removal of entire breast will only help
the one that does not spread and the situation and it is termed as
invasive which has high chances of mastectomy. 2. Systemic therapy uses
spreading. medication to treat the damaged cancer
Ductal carcinoma and Lobular carcinoma cells in the body. Immune therapy,
are both noninvasive, if left untreated chemotherapy and hormonal therapy are the
it can develop in to invasive. types of systemic therapy. Chemotherapy
Infiltrating ductal carcinoma and are used before and after surgery.
infiltrating lobular carcinoma which Neo-adjuvant type of chemotherapy is
spreads in the wall of the duct and the given before surgery for reducing the
wall of a lobules respectively. size of the tumor. Adjuvant chemotherapy
History of breast cancer can be traced is suggested after surgery to reduce the
back to 1600 B.C. it is considered as one recurrence. Chemotherapy has many side
of the oldest known tumors. In Papyrus effect. The hormonal treatments include
writing tumors or ulcers of the breast tamoxifen and Aromatase inhibitors are
and its cure were mentioned. For very specially given to pre menopausal and
long time there was no cure for the postmenopausal women to decrease the
condition. Then in 1749-1806 the Scottish level of estrogen in their body. 3.
surgeon Benjamin Bell and the French Radiation therapy involves high powered
surgeon Jean Louis Petit were the first gamma rays or x-rays that precisely work
one to remove the affected breast tissue, on the target the area that needs
and underlying chest muscle. treatment. These rays are effective in
There are different stages through which destroying the cancer cells and prevent
carcinoma of breast occurs. They are: 1. recur from the place where the tumor was
Onset of the carcinogenic cells. 2. removed. The main purpose of this therapy
Cancer is either 1- 2 inches long and is to prevent recur. Radiation therapy is
spread to lymph nodes only. 3.Cancer has done by linear Accelerator. Radiation
spread to tissues near the breast. 4. therapy is usually done after surgery of
Cancer has spread to other organs of the breast cancer and an essential treatment
body. for breast conserving therapy.
The ways in which you can kick off the With all these therapies and self
breast cancer are: 1. Surgery: Depending confidence anything and every problem can
on the stage and onset of the cancer, be chopped off.
removal of lymph is necessary to remove






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