Types of Breast Cancer

Cancer February 10th, 2010

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There are several types of breast cancer, but most often are two types: ductal and lobular carcinoma carcionoma. Ductal carcinoma is a cancer that appears in the ductus or pipelines that transport in the breast milk. Cancer lobular carcinoma was found in the lobules or milk-making glands. Cancer has not spread beyond the ductus or lobules is called in-situ means “in place”. When it spreads, it is called invasive or infiltrating.

Ductal Carcinoma
In ductal carcinoma in-situ cancer was only along the channel bonding. At this stage, nearly 100% of cancer patients can be cured. The easiest way to identify ductal carcinoma in-situ is a mammogram on a regular basis / annually. You can also check it yourself with a technique called breast self-examination (breast self-check).

If allowed, ductal carcinoma eventually spread into surrounding tissue. ASI channel wall thinning and eventually burst, then the cancer had spread. The spread can be limited at around the origin of cancer, but can also throughout the body (metastatic) via the blood circulation. The spread especially to the lymph glands in the armpits and other organs such as bone, liver and lungs. Approximately 70% of breast cancers are invasive ductal carcinoma.

Lobular carcinoma
In lobular carcinoma in-situ (also called lobular neoplasia), cancer is still not penetrate the lobule walls. Potentially invasive lobular carcinoma metastase and spread to other body parts, starting from the breast fat tissue. Approximately 10-15% of breast cancers are invasive lobular carcinoma. This type of cancer does not always cause a lump, but only makes the affected tissue thickening that can be difficult to be detected.

Paget’s Disease
Types of breast cancer is the most rare breast cancer, known as Paget’s disease. The spread of these cancers begin spreading from the ductus and into the skin around the nipple and areola (the dark circles around the nipple). The skin around the nipple often feels rough, freckled, red and bleeding. Patients will feel itchy and hot.

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Cancer treatment depends on the type, location and distribution levels. Public health and patient preferences are also taken into consideration. Three types of medical treatment of cancer are surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Treatment is intended to remove or destroy cancer cells of the body. Usually, a combination of more than one type of treatment required.
Surgery (Operations)

Surgery is the treatment of cancer of the oldest. Surgery can effectively eliminate some types of cancer, but not always the best option. If the cancer is still localized in one place, surgery can be done safely to remove the cancer and surrounding tissue is affected. If the cancer has shaped tumors that spread to other parts of the body (metastase), tumors can not be removed without damaging important organs of the body affected, such as liver or brain.
Radiotherapy

Radoterapi is using treatment of X-ray radiation, gamma rays or electrons to destroy specific cancer cells that can not grow anymore. This radiation is usually without causing pain. Treatment with radiotherapy can be implemented separately or in combination with other therapies, such as surgery. The combination of surgery with radiotherapy is usually only done to the tumor has not spread.
Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is the use of special drugs to kill cancer cells. These drugs can be given by injection, pill or syrup to drink, and cream that is applied to the skin. Chemotherapy is usually done for cancer that has spread to parts of other bodies. When combined with surgery, chemotherapy post-surgery performed to ensure that all cancer cells have been killed. Some types of chemotherapy can cause side effects such as hair loss, nausea, body weakness, etc., but these effects can generally be minimized with other medication.
Other Treatment

Other types of cancer treatment is biological treatment using a protein that stimulates increased production of white blood cells. Degan different chemotherapy that attacks cancer cells directly, eliminating the biological therapy of cancer indirectly by strengthening the immune system.

Hormone therapy is also often done to overcome breast cancer and prostate cancer. The hormone estrogen can support the growth of breast cancer, as well as the hormone testosterone can stimulate the development of prostate cancer. Drugs that suppress the production of estrogen and testosterone are used to slow the growth of cancer. In some cases, estrogen and testosterone production reduced by surgery, namely by removing the ovaries and testicles to produce two hormones play it.

Cervical Cancer

Cancer December 10th, 2009

Of course you are familiar with the term cervical cancer (Cervical Cancer), or cancer of the cervix. True, as the name suggests, cervical cancer is cancer that occurs in the uterine cervix, an area in which the female reproductive organ is the entrance to the uterus located between the womb (uterus) with a hole intercourse (vaginal). This cancer usually occurs in women who have aged, but the statistical evidence shows that cervical cancer can also attack women aged between 20 to 30 years.
Indeed the term “cancer” itself is certainly giving the impression scary and creepy. Like a death row inmate received. Read the rest of this entry »

Breast cancer

Cancer December 7th, 2009

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Breast cancer is a disease which occurs excessive growth or uncontrolled growth of cells (tissue) breast, This can happen to women and men. From around the world, penyakir breast cancer (Breast Cancer / mammary carcinoma) is reported as one of the causes of cancer death number five (5) after; kaker lung, uterus cancer, liver cancer and colon cancer.
Causes of Breast Cancer

Countless breast cancer disease the most common cancer attacking women, yet men also have the possibility of having this disease with a ratio between 1 in 1000. Until now has not known for certain what causes this cancer occurs, but several factors likely are: Read the rest of this entry »

CANCER is a disease of the brain is very deadly dangerous. Besides lethal, treatment cost was very large. To avoid the disease, following a number of steps to prevent this disease:
If you experience symptoms such as headaches often intermittent, or chronic, vomiting for no reason, a decrease of vision that can not be corrected with glasses, limb weakness gradually, walking unsteadily, symptoms like vertigo or stagger , then immediately do the self-examination and MRI examination is recommended. Read the rest of this entry »

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