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Chemoprevention
To
reduce the risk, one may use drugs. This
is called chemoprevention. For breast
cancer prevention, a chemical called
selective estrogen receptor modulator
(SERM) is used.
Breast
cancer cells need estrogen in order to
grow. These cells have receptors that bind
estrogen. What an SERM does is to block
estrogen absorption in the receptors by
occupying it, causing the cancer cells to
stop its growth. There are two SERMs
available - please check with your
physician.
The
first drug approved by the US Food and
Drug Administration for breast cancer
treatment is used for both early and
advanced stages of breast cancer. It is
also proven to decrease lumps and cysts.
However, there are side effects to this
drug, among them, increased uterine cancer
risk, weight gain, vaginal discharges, and
others.
There
is another approved drug to prevent
osteoporosis in most post-menopausal
women. Studies show that it can reduce the
risk of breast cancer. What makes this
drug better is that unlike the former, it
does not increase uterine cancer
risk.
These
drugs must be taken with caution and
doctor's approval. One should also read
more information about the drugs, their
side effects, and results of the studies
made on them, especially regarding the
effectiveness and safety of these
drugs.
The contents
of this website are offered for
information and not for definitive
self-diagnosis.
At all times seek the early advice of your
physician.
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Prophylactic surgery
Prophylactic
or preventive mastectomy is the surgical
removal of the breast or both breasts.
This may be done if a woman has a moderate
to high risk. Studies show that it can
reduce the risk by 90%. However, not all
breast tissues may be removed after
surgery, so there is still the risk that
cancer will develop from these
tissues.
Prophylactic
oophorectomy also reduces the risk of
breast cancer as well as ovarian cancers.
In this procedure, the ovaries are removed
by surgery.
But
before any woman should consider any of
these, it is important that this be
discussed carefully with the doctor. A
second opinion may also be helpful.
These
are some of the strategies to breast
cancer prevention. The key is in knowing
the risk factors and working to reduce or
avoid those. Still, there is no guarantee
that one may never get breast cancer. That
is why regular breast examination and
mammograms are advised. While breast
cancer may not be totally avoided or
prevented, it can be treated and cured if
discovered at its early stage.
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