Information on Breast cancer |
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Breast cancer is a heterogeneous and a common malignancy disease seen mostly in women population. It is heterogeneous because it occurs as diverse case in different women. This type of cancer is more antagonistic in nature. It is the second leading cancer, which causes death in the population. It is assumed to be an epidemic disease. Usually breast cancer is characterized by inflammations and thus it is called inflammatory breast cancer. Inflammatory breast cancer needs a complete hostile treatment. Cancer cells of this disease penetrate into the skin and lymph vessels of the breast. In this case the breast will appear just like other seditious conditions such as cellulites and mastitis. At violent stage of this cancer the lymph vessels gets blocked by the cancer cells and naturally becomes reddish, inflamed and warm. The other symptoms include,occurrence of rashes on the entire breast, Severe pain in the breastDischarge of Nipple will takes place Nipples will also become inverted or compressed. Diagnosis: The most significant method used to diagnose breast cancer is by taking a Biopsy. Biopsy includes tissue sample method. A void needle is pressed into the breast chunk to seize a small section of the tissue. This is examined under an electron microscope. The appearance and the shape of the cells in the tissue sample reveal whether the chunk is harmless, which is genuine of the huge bulk, or it is cancerous. Diagnosis should be done at the early stage of the cancer otherwise it is difficult to control the replication of the cancer cells. Therefore early diagnosis is necessary otherwise it will be very dangerous to Woman ’s health. Treatment: Initially you must consult a doctor and take Mammography screening test but surgery is the first and foremost treatment of breast cancer but conservative surgery is widely preferred to maintain the shape and appearance of the breast. If diagnosis is done at the early stage, the treatment will be easy and simple by removing the chunk and small area of tissue where the cancer cells starts replicating around the breast. At the later stage of the cancer, treatment involves the deduction of large area of tissue around the breast. The muscles extracted from the same body replace this area where surgery is made. Stem cells which is used to regenerate the tissues to form an organ can also be used for this replacement. Depending upon the tumor and its current affair surgery can be done by Radiotherapy or Chemotherapy. Patients are also given treatment by hormone therapy for example tamoxifen, which reduces the risk of cancer. |