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| Breast Cancer and Its Treatment Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:42 AM PST Breast cancer is one of the the most common malignancies in women. In the early stages, curative treatment may include surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. Breast cancer develops in the cells of acini, lactiferous ducts, and lobules of the breast. Tumor growth and spread depends on the exact cellular site of origin of the cancer. These factors affect the response to surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Breast tumors spread via the lymphatics and veins, or by direct invasion. When a patient presents with a lump in the breast, a diagnosis of breast cancer is confirmed by a biopsy and histologic evaluation. Once confirmed, the clinician must attempt to stage the tumor. Staging the tumor means defining:
Computed tomography scanning of the body may be carried out to look for any spread to the lungs, liver, or bone. Further imaging may include bone scanning using radioactive isotopes, which are avidly taken up by the tumor metastases in bone. Lymphatic drainage of the breast is complex. Lymph vessels pass to axillary, supraclavicular, parasternal, and lymphatic lymph nodes as well as the opposite breast. Subcutaneous lymphatic obstruction and tumor growth pull on connective tissue ligaments in the breast resulting in appearance of an orange peel texture(peau d'orange)on the surface of breast. Further subcutaneous spread can induce a rare manifestation of breast cancer that produces a hard. woody texture to the skin(cancer en cuirasse). Amastectomy involves excision of the breast tissue to the pectoralis major muscle and fascia. Within the axilla the breast tissue must be removed from the medial axillary wall. Closely applied to the medial axillary wall is the long thoracic nerve. Damaged to this nerve can result in paralysis of serratus anterior muscle producing a characteristic 'winged' scapula. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.  |
| Posted: 02 Dec 2009 09:05 AM PST HOW TO PREVENT CANCER: We going to talk about how to prevent or reverse cancer with the aid of: (1) Oxygen (2) Aerobic exercise (3) Water (4) Good nutrition. Oxygen: The majority of us engage in what is called shallow upper chest breathing: it is difficult to have energy with poor levels of oxygen in our blood stream. The best way to improve the amount of oxygen that flows into our cells is through movement, exercise and breathing techniques using diaphragmatic breathing. It is the best and most efficient way of increasing the flow of energy into our cells. To be healthy we have to improve the quality of our breathing. If one is diagnosed of cancer, the chances are that the lymph system, the system responsible for elimination of waste is not working effectively. The lymph system relies heavily on exercise, or movement and deep diaphragmatic breathing to function properly. Food for thought: anytime we feel sluggish or down in energy, 10 minutes of deep diaphragmatic breathing will do the magic of restoration of high energy levels. Anaerobic exercise: this is another good way of increasing the oxygen levels of the body, it is a form of exercise that increases the heart rate, it can be in form of cycling, walking or swimming at a rate that makes you breath harder and faster. Water: the cells need water for optimum health both in quality and quantity. Our body is made up of 70% of water, to maintain balance of water one need to be drinking adequate water. When we are talking about water it does not include fruit juices, sugary drinks, coffee, tea, fizzy drinks or alcohol, what we are advocating is water not fluids. To cleanse the body, one need's water, water is the number one way to cleanse the body, it is vital for a healthy life, without water we dehydrate both on the inside and outside. The recommended quantity is a minimum of 1-2 liters. Do you know that sometimes you have headache, tiredness and constipation it is a symptom that can be effectively corrected by drinking enough good quality water. Well, when one is involved in an alternative cancer treatment or therapy, standard tap water is not good for it is full of chemicals, in this case what you need is unadulterated water. Use bottled mineral water with a low sodium content, or use some form of filter jug or under the sink filtration system or alternatively, reverse-osmosis system that is cable of filtering all harmful bacteria, and chemical etc. Also a distillation unit can be used, for those involved in detox regimes, purified water can be bought at the chemist. Good Nutrition: Nothing can be used to substitute good nutrition as far as the war against cancer through alternative therapy is concerned. "You are what you eat" is a statement of fact. After oxygen and water, good nutrition is the next weapon needed in our arsenal to battle cancer through alternative natural therapy. The assault by free radicals can only be effectively tackled, or reversed, if your body has sufficient concentrations of free radical scavengers, known as antioxidants. Those experiencing cancer or those who want or are taking the alternative cancer therapy route are hereby advised to desist from eating processed and lifeless foods. Even those undergoing chemotherapy and radiation, the onslaught from this treatment is enough, you don't need to eat food that has no or little nutritional value, stop eating dead foods, if you are undergoing radiation and chemotherapy, dead foods will make your body to be more sicker, it will add more salt to injury. I repeat, keep away from dead foods such as sugary foods, preservatives, chemicals, crisps, biscuits, in short keep off from McDonald's and all those fast and snappy processed foods. What our body needs to survive the onslaught of cancer and that of chemotherapy and radiation is living foods. Foods that contains a lot of water, natural sugars, vitamins and minerals, fruits vegetables and grasses, this foods can easily be assimilated at a much more faster rate and can keep us vibrantly, healthy. Yours in the struggle for a cancer free society. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.  |
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