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Treatment
Mastectomy
is the complete removal of the breast.
Lumpectomy involves removal of only a part
of it. After surgery, radiation may be
administered, depending on the personality
of the cancer. Other treatments are
hormone therapy and chemotherapy, which
are classified as systemic therapy because
it is applied to the entire body. Hormone
therapy is the blocking or reducing of
estrogen in the body. This treatment is
available if the cancer is
hormone-receptive-responsive. In
chemotherapy, medicine is applied to
hinder cells from multiplying.
Once
the diagnosis is clear, choosing the
treatment options will follow. If cancer
is non-invasive, lumpectomy may be done.
But if the cancer is invasive, other forms
of treatment shall be applied. Treatment
for Stage I cancer is usually lumpectomy
or modified radical mastectomy. Radiation
may or may not follow the surgery.
Treatment for Stage II cancer is usually
the same as that for Stage I cancer,
followed by radiation. Stage III and IV
cancer may be treated by mastectomy,
chemotherapy or hormone therapy after
surgery.
Cancer
Personality
Doctors
also tell you of the "personality" of your
cancer, if it is aggressive or not. If it
is of the meaner or aggressive type, there
is a higher risk for it to spread. There
is therefore the need to use systemic
treatment such as chemotherapy and hormone
therapy. If it is of the milder type,
localized treatment may be
administered.
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self-diagnosis.
At all times seek the early advice of your
physician.
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Doctors sometimes describe the spread of
cancer as local, regional and distant.
Local means that the cancer remains within
the breast. Regional means that lymph
nodes are involved, especially those under
the armpit. Distant means that cancer has
spread to other parts of the body. If
cancer is of the local or regional type,
treatment may be lumpectomy or mastectomy.
If cancer is distant, systemic therapy is
necessary.
Knowing
the breast cancer diagnosis is one reason
for the decline in mortality rate. When
you know the diagnosis, you know the
proper treatment. As we all know, breast
cancer can be treated if diagnosed at an
early stage.
While
the number of women diagnosed may not
considerably reduce, the number of women
who shall seek treatment and survive shall
increase. With increase in awareness and
advances in medicine, there will be more
breast cancer survivors in the years to
come.
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