Showing posts with label Breast Cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Breast Cancer. Show all posts

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Inflammatory breast cancer,Symptoms,diagnosis,Staging,Treatment,Prevention.

Inflammatory Breast Cancer is a very uncommon type of breast cancer. In this type of breast cancer, the cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin of the breast.This type of breast cancer is called “inflammatory” because the breast often looks swollen and red, or “inflamed.” IBC accounts for 1 to 5 percent of all breast cancer cases in the United States . It tends to be

Breast Cancer Prognosis - Breast Cancer Care

There are several factors that your breast cancer prognosis,like tumor size and stage.The good news is that women are living longer with breast cancer, and at this time more than 2 million American women are survivors. Survivors must live with the uncertainties of possible recurrent cancer and some risk for complications from the treatment itself. A prognosis is the medical team's "best guess"

Friday, October 2, 2009

Breast Cancer Radiation-therapy-Treatment

Breast Cancer Radiation therapy uses high-energy rays to kill cancer cells. Most women receive radiation therapy after breast-sparing surgery. Some women receive radiation therapy after a mastectomy. Treatment depends on the size of the tumor and other factors. The radiation destroys breast cancer cells that may remain in the area. Some women have radiation therapy before surgery to destroy

Breast Cancer Chemotherapy-Treatment

Chemotherapy for breast cancer is usually a combination of drugs. The drugs may be given as a pill or by injection into a vein (IV). Either way, the drugs enter the bloodstream and travel throughout the body.Chemotherapy for breast cancer treatment uses anticancer drugs to kill cancer cells.Women with breast cancer can have chemotherapy in an outpatient part of the hospital, at the doctor's

Breast Cancer Treatment-Stages-Treatment Methods

The mainstay of breast cancer treatment is surgery.Women with breast cancer have many treatment options. These include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and biological therapy. These options are described below. Many women receive more than one type of treatment.The choice of treatment depends mainly on the stage of the disease. Treatment options for breast cancer by

Breast Cancer Risk-Breast Cancer Care

Studies have found the following are the breast cancer risk factors,The primary risk factors for breast factor that have been identified are sex, childbearing, hormones, a high-fat diet, intake, obesity, and environmental factors such as tobacco use, radiation, endocrine disruptors and shiftwork. However, studies of environmental and lifestyle factors only attribute a small increase in breast

Breast cancer diagnosis-Breast cancer

The following information gives idea about Breast cancer diagnosis methods.In a clinical setting, breast cancer is commonly diagnosed using a "triple test" of clinical breast examination (breast examination by a trained medical practitioner), mammography, and fine needle aspiration cytology. Both mammography and clinical breast exam, also used for screening, can indicate an approximate likelihood

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Breast Cancer Symptoms - Breast Cancer

The following information gives an idea about Symptoms of breast cancer.Early breast cancer usually does not cause pain. Most often, these symptoms are not due to cancer.The first symptom, or subjective sign, of breast cancer is typically a lump that feels different from the surrounding breast tissue. According to the surveys, more than 80% of breast cancer cases are discovered when the woman