“Symptoms and Treatments of Breast Cancer” plus 2 more |
- Symptoms and Treatments of Breast Cancer
- Triple Negative Breast Cancer
- Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BIRADS) Capabilities
| Symptoms and Treatments of Breast Cancer Posted: 18 Jan 2010 12:52 PM PST Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women, especially in the United States. It is a real killer disease which takes lives of a whole lot of women of different ages if it goes undiagnosed. Women who are prone to breast cancer are those who use birth control pills, obese women, women who have undergone hormone replacement therapy, alcoholics, childless women, the list goes on. Genetic or hormonal aspects are the most significant factors of this disease. The most common indicator of breast cancer is a lump in the breast, some sort of oozing from the nipple or an alteration in the size or contour of the breast. The best way of detecting it is through mammography or self breast examination. Women who have been diagnosed with this dreadful disease do not have to worry too much about it now as medical science has undergone such wonderful strides and have come up with numerous treatments to fight breast cancer. The most common treatments that are available now are surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy and biological therapy. The selection of treatment is subject to what extent the disease has progressed. The doctor will help you to opt for the method that is best suited to your stage. Treatment can be systemic or local. Radiation and surgery fall under local treatments while chemotherapy, hormone therapy and biological therapy come under systemic treatments. Some times the cancer may have progressed to other parts of the body from the actual organ. Then it is known as metastatic cancer and will reveal other kinds of symptoms The most significant and innate therapy for breast cancer depends on your food intake. It is important to have food that does not have much glucose in them which will aid in destroying the cancer cells that thrive on glucose. There are many people who have overcome cancer through following the cancer diet. So if you are a victim of breast cancer, do not despair as there are now umpteen kinds of treatments available and you will surely be cured if you get the right kind of treatment that is best suited to you. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.  |
| Posted: 18 Jan 2010 09:57 AM PST Breast cancer is a bad, sometimes frightening diagnosis at any time but a triple negative breast cancer diagnosis is particularly disturbing. Generally speaking, this cancer is defined in terms of a receptor which reveals specific genes. The three receptors are estrogen, progesterone and Her2. The type of receptor determines the type of medicine prescribed for the patient to best attack the cancer. But if the diagnosis comes up negative for all three receptors, the medical response is more difficult. How can you attack a particular receptor if it doesn't exist? Receptors help the cancerous cells to multiply and in order to best tackle them, a specific medicine is required. But it is not all bad news because there are other drugs which can still be found to work. Finding the correct drug is the tricky task but once found, it can have a success rate which compares favorably with those using standard responses. Chemotherapy has been found to work successfully with triple negative breast cancer patients and the best medicine has thus far proved to be a combination of drugs. Because triple negative breast cancer is a relatively new discovery by doctors, a particular drug has yet to be announced. One line of treatment is to use drugs in chemotherapy which are not usually used for treatment in the early stages of breast cancer therapy. Triple negative cancer does have certain characteristics. It is an aggressive cancer, it is found more in younger than older women, it is more likely to develop into metastatic breast cancer and is more likely to be found in women of African and Hispanic descent. This is interesting because, generally speaking, African American women have fewer incidents of cancer of any type than do white American women. Clinical trials are currently being carried out using patients with triple negative cancer. The future for better results is always hopeful. It needs to be understood that trials are not held over a few weeks or even months but rather years. One current trial is being run over a period of six years. Recent studies indicate that of all breast cancers discovered, about 15% will be triple negative breast cancers. Taken as a whole, triple negative breast cancers have a high rate of secondary cancers or metastatic cancer and in many cases the additional tumor is found in the brain. There are several unpleasant aspects to the triple negative cancer scenario - its high rate of recurrence, resistance to standard medicines in chemo, its aggressive nature and potential to become metastatic cancer. But there is a concerted effort by cancer specialists around the world to discover much more about this special type of breast cancer. Clinical trials are on-going, results are being shared and progress is being made. Women who have been diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer are urged to join a support group particularly those online because it enables you to learn much from many. Hearing from those who have gone through what you are now experiencing can be stimulating and a real boost to your spirits. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BIRADS) Capabilities Posted: 18 Jan 2010 08:10 AM PST [fivefilters.org: unable to retrieve full-text content] To be up to date and fully functional, most medical offices and hospitals that offer mammographies and resulting digital medical imaging also use BIRADS, or Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System. The system is used by medical professionals to standardize the physician reporting that goes along with mammography examinations and testing. A mammography workstation, which features a mammography viewer and pacs ris software system, will also usually include the BIRADS component to make the entire unit perform at its peak in a mammography imaging center or any medical facility that offers mammograms. |
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