Treatment Options For Breast Cancer

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• Male Breast Cancer
  on Oct 24, 2011 in Cancer Therapy hormones receptor Radiation risk factors estrogen chromosomes male
       Some people might think what is breast cancer in men? Or how is it diagnosed? Reading this article will help give you all the information you need. Breast cancer is a malignant tumor, group of cells that grow into surrounding...
• Treatment by Tamoxifen
  on Oct 15, 2011 in receptor Treatment enzymes drugs prevent cancer Surgery side effects Stages
      Tamoxifen is a antagonist, a type of receptor ligand or drug that doesn't provoke a response when binding to a receptor, of the estrogen receptor in the breast cancer. The generic name for Tamoxifen is Nolvadex. It helps treat women tha...
• Aromatase Inhibitor
  on Oct 12, 2011 in hormones doctors enzymes estrogen pills side effects
  Aromatase Inhibitor is usually given to post menopause women who had hormone dependent breast cancer so they need this estrogen but, medical doctors use Aromatase inhibitor to turn off the enzyme Aromatase so it can't turn androgen to estrogen. Aroma...
• Mastectomy Surgery
  on Oct 5, 2011
       Mastectomy is another major surgery done for women with breast cancer. It removes partially, completely, one or both breast, including the nipple. There are five different types of mastectomy :Simple Mastectomy, Modified Radi...
• External Radiation Therapy
  on Oct 5, 2011 in Therapy Radiation x-ray
  External Radiation Therapy, also known as external beam therapy, carries high beam of radiation by x- rays and sends them directly to breast cancer cells.  The high beam is send by a large machine called a linear accelerator and targeted at the...
• Internal Radiation Therapy
  on Oct 5, 2011 in Therapy Radiation x-ray Catheter
  Internal Radiation Therapy is also known as partial - breast therapy or brachy therapy because it usually therapy after lumpectomy surgery and/or regular treatment. It uses radioactive substance that is closed by wires or needles and are placed near...
• Breast Cancer Surgery
  on Sep 29, 2011 in Surgery Stages
  The first treatment option for breast cancer in the line that medical doctors refer to first is surgery. After viewing your characteristics such as: size, stage, biological characteristics and your personal profile medical doctors would recommend sur...
• Radiation Therapy
  on Sep 25, 2011 in Therapy Treatment
       Radiation therapy is the best treatment options for breast cancer since it can treat all stages of breast cancer, from stage 0 to stage 3. It can be treated after Lumpectomy or Mastectomy surgeries, it has the ability to destroy a...
• Biological Therapy
  on Sep 25, 2011 in Therapy Treatment
       Biological Therapy is known by many terms such as : Immunotherapy, immunologic therapy and bio-therapy. This treatment option uses the bodies immune system or drugs to act on cancerous cells without harming the normal cells o...
• Chemotherapy Treatment
  on Sep 24, 2011 in Therapy Treatment
  Chemotherapy treatment uses medicine, a combination of one or more kind of medicine, to target all cancer cells in the body and at the original cancer site by going through the bloodstream. Then it weakens them, kills them and most likely prevent the...

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