How Breast Cancer Prevent With Cancer Treatment Centers?

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University Cancer Centers

• Breast Cancer Treatment

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• What is Breast Cancer?

A group of cells in breast grow out of control
and become tumor and affected other nearest cells
of the breast. This group of infected cell or
tumor have breast cancer. These types of cells
and tumor are seen with the help of X-ray or felt
a lump.
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Types of Breast Cancer
Mainly 3 types of Breast cancer

• Ductal carcinoma in situ
• Invasive (or infiltrating) ductal carcinoma
• Invasive (or infiltrating) lobular carcinoma

Less common types of Breast cancer

• Inflammatory breast cancer
• Paget disease of the nipple
• Phyllodes tumor
• Angiosarcoma

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Ductal carcinoma in situ
DCIS is also known as intraductal Carcinoma. This
type of cancer considers non invasive breast
cancer or pre invasive breast cancer. Invasive
cancer cell not spread through the wall of ducts
and DCIS have not spread outside the breast.
Invasive ductal carcinoma
Invasive Breast cancer is the most common types
of breast cancer. Invasive ductal carcinoma
starts with milk duct of breast and break through
the wall of ducts and grows the tumor in the
breast and it is also spread to another part of
the body.
Invasive lobular carcinoma
Invasive lobular carcinoma starts with milk
producing lobules and it can be spread easily to
another part of the body. This type of cancer is
harder as compare to Invasive ductal carcinoma,
it is proved by mammogram.
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Stages of Breast Cancer
Stage 1 A
Stage 1
Stage 0
Stage 0 describe non-invasive breast cancer, at
this stage, there is no sign of cancer or
starting sign of cancer.
Stage 1describe invasive breast cancers, Stage 1
has two types.
Tumor size in this stage 2 cm and the cancer cell
is not spread out side the breast.
Stage 1 B
Stage 2
Tumor size in this stage 0.2 lt 2 mm and cancer
cell is not spread out side the breast.
Tumor size in this stage larger than 2 mm and
Stage 2 has two types.
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Stage 2A
Stage 2B
Stage 3
Stage 2A no tumor found or larger than 2cm, in
this stage found 1 to 3 axillary nodes.
Stage 2B cancer cell larger than 2 cm but less
than 5 cm are found in lymph nodes.
Stage 3 cancer cell larger divided into 3
subcategory.
Stage 3A
Stage 3B
Stage 3A cancer cell larger than 5 cm and cancer
can spread 1 to 3 axillary lymph nodes.
Stage 3B cancer cell is any size and spread to
the chest wall or breast and spread up 9
axillary nodes.
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Stage 4
Stage 3C
Stage 4 describe invasive breast cancer and
cancer can be spread breast or chest or any
nearby parts of the body like liver, skin and
brain.
Stage 3C no sign of cancer, if tumor present
then it can be any size and cancer can spread 10
or more lymph nodes.
TNM Staging
TNM (Tumor, Nodes, Metastasis) is an another
breast cancer stage.
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Treatment of Breast Cancer
There are several ways to treat a breast cancer
it depending on cancer stages and it types-
Local treatments
Some treatment for breast cancer called local
therapies, in this therapies, do the treatment
without any affecting to the body. Mainly there
are two local therapy to used for breast cancer.

• Surgery Treatment
• Radiation therapy treatment

Systemic treatments
Breast cancer treatment also done with drugs
which drugs directly given to bloodstream or
given by mouth because in this therapy drugs
reach anywhere in the body. Different types of
drugs used for breast cancer.

• Chemotherapy Treatment
• Hormone Therapy Treatment
• Targeted Therapy Treatment

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Side-effect of Breast Cancer Treatment
Early Reactions

• Skin changes redness, irritation, blistering,
  ulceration, thickening.
• Hair loss in treatment area.
• Breast changes including swelling, tightness or
  tenderness.
• Inflammation of the esophagus causing pain on
  swallowing
• Lung inflammation with dry cough.
• Inflammation of heart sac with chest pain and
  palpitations.

Late Reactions

• Changes in skin texture and/or color
• Permanent hair loss in treatment area.
• Breast changes including thickening, firmness,
  tenderness.
• Swelling of arm.
• Stiffness and discomfort in shoulder joint.

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778339793206322
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77089 7135886944
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Huntsville, TX 77340 9367555200
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