What is Breast Cancer & its Treatment


About Breast Cancer

The term “breast cancer” refers to a malicious tumor that has developed from cells in the breast. Breast cancer either begins in the cells of the lobules, which are the milk-producing glands, or the ducts, the passages that drain milk from the lobules to the nipple. This tumor can begin in the body tissues, which includes the fatty and fibrous connective tissues of the breast.
The cancer cells can invade nearby healthy breast tissue and make their way into the underarm lymph nodes, small organs that filter out foreign substances in the body. If the cells get into the lymph nodes, they then have a pathway into other parts of the body.

What Causes Breast Cancer?
  • ·         age – the risk increases as your body gets older
  • ·         a family history of breast cancer
  • ·         a previous diagnosis of breast cancer
  • ·         an excessive consumption of alcohol


Which treatments are used for Breast Cancer?
There are several ways to treat breast cancer, depending on its type and stage.

1.) Local Treatments: It means that the treatment of cancer is done without affecting the rest of the body. It includes:
  • ·         Surgery
  • ·         Radiation therapy


2.) Systemic Treatments: In systemic treatment drugs used to treat breast cancer because they can reach cancer cells almost anywhere in the body. They can be given by mouth or can be put directly into the bloodstream . Depending on the type of breast cancer, different types of drug treatment might be used, these include:
  • ·         Chemotherapy
  • ·         Hormone therapy
  • ·         Targeted therapy



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Comments

  1. Orthopaedics29 March 2022 at 01:41

    If the tumor has not spread, surgery may be able to cure the patient. However, it is not always feasible to know if the cancer has spread or not before surgery. An experienced tumor treatment surgeon in Gurgaon will probably remove lymph nodes near the tumor (sentinel nodes) during surgery to examine if the cancer has spread to them.

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