Saturday, April 10, 2010

Breast Cancer

 Breast cancer (Breast Cancer) is a malignant breast tumor that forms in the cell, usually in rows ducts, while others take the form of lobules, and the rest in other tissues of breast. Although most women with breast cancer, also can also male.
Women with early stage breast cancer usually does not feel pain, but some possible symptoms of breast cancer may include changes in how the breast or nipple feels and looks, tenderness, discharge, and nipple turned inward into the breast. The symptoms are not necessarily due to cancer, because of other health problems can also cause them. However, a woman should see her doctor if he had any breast pain or experience one of the above symptoms.


After asking several questions and perform a complete physical examination, doctors recommend further testing. This may include: mammogram, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and / or biopsy. Other invasive and noninvasive tests to determine whether the cancer has spread to other places in the body.
Options for the treatment of breast cancer may include surgery (such as lumpectomy, Mastectomy, and lymph node dissection), radiation therapy, targeted therapies, hormonal therapy, and chemotherapy.

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