Breast cancer is a cancer that attacks the breast tissue. Breast cancer is one of the most frequent type of cancer in women; although it did not rule can also affect men, but the comparison is only 1: 1000. This cancer also is one of the 5 most dangerous types of cancer. Treatment of breast cancer is the most common surgery; and if necessary, followed by chemotherapy or radiation.
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Breast Cancer
Cancer is an uncontrolled growth of cells in the body of a person. While breast cancer is cancer that starts the growth of breast tissue. Just like other types of cancer, breast cancer is actually curable if detected early.
Symptoms
Symptoms of breast cancer may be a lump in the breast or armpit, retracted (drawn into) the nipple, breast and nipple changes, and changes in skin color on the breast and surrounding areas. However, cancer can be detected early age rarely above mentioned symptoms. These symptoms are usually caused by pregnancy in old age and number of children is too small or short duration of breastfeeding. Risk of breast cancer increases as women get older, but it never affected by a family history of this cancer also increases the risk by two-to three-fold.
Prevention
Routine checks need to be done every month to prevent the growth of cancer cells that may be developing in the body. Women over the age of 40 years is recommended mammograms, while women with a family history of breast cancer are encouraged to undergo a mammogram at the age of 35 years. Mammogram is believed to detect breast cancer early, so that even cancer patients have greater chance to be cured.
Treatment
Once breast cancer is detected, there is a lot of healing to be done according to the stage of the cancer that is experienced. There are many types of breast cancer treatments, such as lumpectomy (surgical cutting lump in the breast), mastectomy (breast lift entirely), chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and hormonal therapy.
Although various types of healing process has been done, but the most important thing is to do the treatment on a regular basis, because continuity is the most important thing to prevent the return of cancer cells develop.