Breast cancer is
the most common cancer in women and the second leading cause of cancer death
after lung cancer in 1985. One woman in eight who lives to age 85 will develop
breast cancer at some point during of
their life.
At present, there are over 2 million women living in the United States who have been treated for breast cancer. The risk of dying from breast cancer is 1 in 33. However, the rate of cancer of the breast of the dead is down. Breast cancer is not only a disease of women. The American Cancer Society estimates that 1,600 men develop the disease each year and about 400 may die of the disease.
The risk of breast cancer is higher among those who have a mother, aunt, sister or grandmother who had breast cancer before age 50. If only a mother or sister had breast cancer, your risk double. For women without a family history of breast cancer, the risks are more difficult to identify.
At present, there are over 2 million women living in the United States who have been treated for breast cancer. The risk of dying from breast cancer is 1 in 33. However, the rate of cancer of the breast of the dead is down. Breast cancer is not only a disease of women. The American Cancer Society estimates that 1,600 men develop the disease each year and about 400 may die of the disease.
The risk of breast cancer is higher among those who have a mother, aunt, sister or grandmother who had breast cancer before age 50. If only a mother or sister had breast cancer, your risk double. For women without a family history of breast cancer, the risks are more difficult to identify.
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Types and stages of breast cancer
There are many breast cancer varieties. DCIS is early breast cancer, who are confined within the ductal system. Medullary Carcinoma: This malignancy comprises 15 percent of breast cancers. medullary carcinoma usually has a better prognosis than other types of breast cancer.
Infiltrating Lobular: Representing 15 percent of breast cancers, these lesions usually appear in the upper outer quadrant of the breast as a subtle thickening and are difficult to diagnose by mammography. Infiltrating lobular can involve both breasts (bilateral).
Tubular
carcinoma: This is described as an orderly carcinoma or well-differentiated
breast. These
injuries account for about 2 percent of breast cancers.
Mucinous
carcinoma: Represents 1-2 percent of breast cancers and has a favorable
prognosis. Inflammatory
breast cancer This is a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer that is
usually evidenced by changes in the breast skin, including redness (erythema),
thickening of the skin and the importance of hair follicles resembling a Orange zest.
Breast Cancer
Stages
The most common type of breast cancer is ductal carcinoma. When cancer is found, the special tissues of laboratory tests are usually done to learn more about cancer. For example, hormone receptor tests (estrogen and progesterone) can help determine whether hormones help the cancer grow. If the test results show that hormones affect cancer growth (positive test result), cancer is likely to respond to hormone therapy. This therapy deprives cancer cells of estrogen.
Sometimes a sample of breast tissue is controlled by a gene known as the receptor of the human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER-2 gene) that is associated with a higher recurrence risk of breast cancer. Special examinations of bone, liver or lungs are made because the breast cancer can spread to these areas.
Phase based on tumor size and spread of cancer. A brief description of the stages of breast cancer and the most frequently used treatments for each stage. Treatment of ICV is a drug called tamoxifen, which can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer. Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) refers to abnormal cells lining the duct. DCIS is also called ductal carcinoma. The abnormal cells have not spread beyond the duct to invade the surrounding breast tissue. However, women with DCIS have an increased risk of developing invasive breast cancer. Some women with DCIS have breast-conserving surgery followed by radiation. Alternatively, they can choose to have a mastectomy with or without breast reconstruction (plastic surgery) to rebuild the breast.
The most common type of breast cancer is ductal carcinoma. When cancer is found, the special tissues of laboratory tests are usually done to learn more about cancer. For example, hormone receptor tests (estrogen and progesterone) can help determine whether hormones help the cancer grow. If the test results show that hormones affect cancer growth (positive test result), cancer is likely to respond to hormone therapy. This therapy deprives cancer cells of estrogen.
Sometimes a sample of breast tissue is controlled by a gene known as the receptor of the human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER-2 gene) that is associated with a higher recurrence risk of breast cancer. Special examinations of bone, liver or lungs are made because the breast cancer can spread to these areas.
Phase based on tumor size and spread of cancer. A brief description of the stages of breast cancer and the most frequently used treatments for each stage. Treatment of ICV is a drug called tamoxifen, which can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer. Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) refers to abnormal cells lining the duct. DCIS is also called ductal carcinoma. The abnormal cells have not spread beyond the duct to invade the surrounding breast tissue. However, women with DCIS have an increased risk of developing invasive breast cancer. Some women with DCIS have breast-conserving surgery followed by radiation. Alternatively, they can choose to have a mastectomy with or without breast reconstruction (plastic surgery) to rebuild the breast.
Phase
I and II
Phase I and Phase II are early stages of breast cancer in which the cancer has spread beyond the lobe or duct and invaded nearby tissue.
Stage I means that the tumor is about an inch in diameter of the cells and the cancer has not spread beyond the breast.
Phase II of the following:
The breast tumor is less than 1 inch in diameter and the spread of cancer to the lymph nodes under the arm.
Phase I and Phase II are early stages of breast cancer in which the cancer has spread beyond the lobe or duct and invaded nearby tissue.
Stage I means that the tumor is about an inch in diameter of the cells and the cancer has not spread beyond the breast.
Phase II of the following:
The breast tumor is less than 1 inch in diameter and the spread of cancer to the lymph nodes under the arm.
The
treatment options for early stage breast cancer are radiotherapy after
conservative surgery for breast breast and mastectomy with or without breast
reconstruction to rebuild the breast. These
approaches are also effective in the treatment of early breast cancer. The
choice of surgery or breast-conserving mastectomy depends mainly on the size
and location of the tumor, breast size, certain characteristics of the cancer
and how the person feels about preserving the breast. Chemotherapy
and / or hormonal therapy after primary treatment with surgery or radiation and
surgery are recommended for Phase I and usually a breast cancer stage II. This added
treatment is called adjuvant therapy. Systemic
therapy sometimes given to shrink the tumor before surgery called neoadjuvant
therapy. This
is given to try to destroy any remaining cancer cells and prevent the cancer
from recurring, or coming back, chest or elsewhere.
Phase III
Stage III is also called locally advanced cancer. At this stage, the breast tumor may provide the following:
More than 2 inches in diameter and cancer has spread to the axillary lymph nodes.
Phase III
Stage III is also called locally advanced cancer. At this stage, the breast tumor may provide the following:
More than 2 inches in diameter and cancer has spread to the axillary lymph nodes.
The
cancer is extensive in the underarm lymph nodes.
The cancer spreads to the lymph nodes near the breastbone or to other tissues near the breast.
Inflammatory breast cancer is a type of locally advanced breast cancer. In this form of cancer, breast is red and swollen (or inflamed) because cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin of the chest.
Patients with breast cancer stage III usually have a local treatment to both remove or destroy breast cancer and systemic treatment to stop the spread of the disease.
The cancer spreads to the lymph nodes near the breastbone or to other tissues near the breast.
Inflammatory breast cancer is a type of locally advanced breast cancer. In this form of cancer, breast is red and swollen (or inflamed) because cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin of the chest.
Patients with breast cancer stage III usually have a local treatment to both remove or destroy breast cancer and systemic treatment to stop the spread of the disease.
Stage IV
Stage IV is metastatic cancer. The cancer has spread beyond the lymph nodes of the breast and axillary lymph nodes to other parts of the body.
Treatments for stage IV breast cancer are chemotherapy and / or hormonal therapy to destroy cancer cells and control the disease. Patients may undergo surgery or radiation therapy in the fight against breast cancer.
Stage IV is metastatic cancer. The cancer has spread beyond the lymph nodes of the breast and axillary lymph nodes to other parts of the body.
Treatments for stage IV breast cancer are chemotherapy and / or hormonal therapy to destroy cancer cells and control the disease. Patients may undergo surgery or radiation therapy in the fight against breast cancer.
Recurrent cancer
Recurrent cancer means the disease that the return if the initial treatment. Even when a tumor in the breast seems to have been completely removed or destroyed, the disease sometimes returns because undetected cancer cells remained somewhere in the body after treatment.
Most recurrences occur in the first 2 or 3 years after treatment, but breast cancer can come back many years later.
If the disease recurs in another part of the body, recurrence is metastatic breast cancer. For more information, see "Nine ways to lower breast cancer risk" on this site.
Sources: National Cancer Institute; Centers for Disease Control
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