The treatment of breast cancer at an early stage often involves more than one approach. Surgery is usually the first step. Most women with breast cancer at an early stage can choose between two surgical treatments.
Breast conserving surgery followed by radiation therapy - Breast-sparing surgery, also called breast conserving surgery include lumpectomy (Luhme-PEK-tuh-MEE) and partial (or segmented), breast (Mon-STEK-tuh-MEE). With a lumpectomy, the tumor and some surrounding normal tissue was removed. partial parallel, part of the breast where the tumor was removed. Women who are breast-sparing surgery is usually the lymph nodes under the arm out. This can occur in breast-sparing surgery or later. Breast-sparing surgery for the breast intact - looking a bit as before surgery.
Mastectomy - Simple (total) in the chest, the surgeon removes the whole breast that has cancer, and possibly some lymph nodes under the arm. When a radical change in parallel, the entire breast, as well as many lymph nodes under the arm, a mountain above the chest muscles and sometimes part of the chest muscles are removed.
The goal of both companies is to remove all breast cancer. The doctor will also want to know if the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes. Axillary lymph node (DGLA), all or part of the lymph nodes under the arm are removed. Sentinel node (SN), a substance that is injected near the tumor that allows the doctor to see which lymph flow of the first substance. This is the sentinel node. It is the first lymph node that cancer could spread. The sentinel node is removed and examined under a microscope. If cancer is not found, the other lymph nodes may be left in place. If cancer is present, more nodes can be removed.
the lymph node status, and test results, allows the doctor to know what other treatment, called adjuvant (AY-juh-vuhnt) treatment may also be prudent. The goal of adjuvant therapy after surgery to kill any cancer cells that may be elsewhere in the body and keep the cancer from recurring.
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Breast Cancer Facts
With all the health myths that permeate our lives, it’s important to have the facts when it comes to something as serious as breast cancer.
Here are some breast cancer facts:
Fact: The pink ribbon has become an internationally-recognized symbol of breast cancer awareness.
Fact: The pink ribbon gained notoriety through cosmetic company Estee Lauder and Self journal for the magazine’s Breast Cancer Awareness issue in 1992. Another cosmetics company, Avon, sold pink ribbon pins the following year to raise cash for breast cancer research.
Fact: The pink ribbon was first used in 1991 when the Susan G. Komen Foundation handed out the ribbons at its illinois City event, “Race for the Cure.”
Fact: Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, Breast cancer is the most common cancer in ladies. it is the leading cause of cancer-related death for Hispanic ladies ages 15 to 54.
Fact: over 80 percent of all breast lumps are noncancerous (benign).
Fact: The National Cancer Institute estimates that over 207,000 ladies and 2,000 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010. Breast cancer will be responsible for 40,000 deaths in females and 400 males.
Fact: over three-fourths of people with breast cancer are ladies over the age of 50.
Fact: The five-year survival rate of Stage 0 to Stage II breast cancer patients is over 80 percent. The same survival rate for Stage III breast cancer patients is still over 50 percent.
Here are some breast cancer facts:
Fact: The pink ribbon has become an internationally-recognized symbol of breast cancer awareness.
Fact: The pink ribbon gained notoriety through cosmetic company Estee Lauder and Self journal for the magazine’s Breast Cancer Awareness issue in 1992. Another cosmetics company, Avon, sold pink ribbon pins the following year to raise cash for breast cancer research.
Fact: The pink ribbon was first used in 1991 when the Susan G. Komen Foundation handed out the ribbons at its illinois City event, “Race for the Cure.”
Fact: Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, Breast cancer is the most common cancer in ladies. it is the leading cause of cancer-related death for Hispanic ladies ages 15 to 54.
Fact: over 80 percent of all breast lumps are noncancerous (benign).
Fact: The National Cancer Institute estimates that over 207,000 ladies and 2,000 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010. Breast cancer will be responsible for 40,000 deaths in females and 400 males.
Fact: over three-fourths of people with breast cancer are ladies over the age of 50.
Fact: The five-year survival rate of Stage 0 to Stage II breast cancer patients is over 80 percent. The same survival rate for Stage III breast cancer patients is still over 50 percent.
Breast Cancer
Breast cancer affects one in eight women during their life. Breast cancer kills more women in the U.S. that any cancer except lung cancer. No one knows why some women get cancer of the breast, but there are several risk factors. The risks may also differ.
Age - the chance of getting breast cancer rises as a woman gets older.
Genes - there's two genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, that greatly increase the risk. females who have relatives members with breast or ovarian cancer may need to be tested.
Personal factors - beginning periods before age 12 or going through menopause after age 55
Other risks include being overweight, hormone replacement therapy, birth control pills, alcohol, no children or having first child after age 35 or having dense breasts.
The breast cancer symptoms may include a breast lump, a change in size or shape of the breast or nipple discharge. Breast self-examination and mammography can detect breast cancer early when it is easier to treat. Treatment may include radiation, lumpectomy, mastectomy, chemotherapy and hormone therapy.
Age - the chance of getting breast cancer rises as a woman gets older.
Genes - there's two genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2, that greatly increase the risk. females who have relatives members with breast or ovarian cancer may need to be tested.
Personal factors - beginning periods before age 12 or going through menopause after age 55
Other risks include being overweight, hormone replacement therapy, birth control pills, alcohol, no children or having first child after age 35 or having dense breasts.
The breast cancer symptoms may include a breast lump, a change in size or shape of the breast or nipple discharge. Breast self-examination and mammography can detect breast cancer early when it is easier to treat. Treatment may include radiation, lumpectomy, mastectomy, chemotherapy and hormone therapy.
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