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