Breast cancer disease and medicine

Breast cancer disease and medicine

Breast cancer is a disease where there is excessive growth or uncontrolled growth of cells (tissue) breast, This could happen to women and men. From all over the world, penyakir breast cancer (Breast Cancer / Carcinoma mammae) reported as one cause of cancer death number five (5) after; kaker lung, uterine cancer, liver cancer and colon cancer.

Diagnosis of Breast Cancer

Breast cancer can be known with certainty by taking samples of breast tissue that has pembenjolan (action biopsy). In this way will know the type of cell growth is experienced, whether the tumor is benign or malignant tumors (cancer).

Type Breast Cancer

Through examination of the call with mammograms, the breast cancer type can be categorized into two parts:

• Non-invasive breast cancer, cancer that occurs in the bag (tube) milk {liaison between the alveoli (milk-producing glands) and nipples}. In the language of medicine called 'ductal carcinoma in situ' (DCIS), which is where the cancer has not spread to the outside of the network of the milk bag.
• Invasive breast cancer, cancer that has spread beyond the milk bag and invade the surrounding tissue may even lead to the spread (metastasis) such other body gets lympa and other glands through blood circulation.

Solutions and Tips on How Handling and Treatment of Breast Cancer

Handling and treatment of breast cancer depends on the type and stage experience of patients. Generally, a new person known to have breast cancer after stepping up the stadium is severe enough, this is due to a lack of knowledge or sense of shame that medicine is too late to be examined for abnormalities of the face.

1. Pembedaha In breast cancer caught early then surgery is the appropriate action. The doctor will remove the lump and a small area surrounding the muscle tissue and replace it with another (lumpectomy). Broadly speaking, there are three or surgery such as breast cancer surgery;

• Radical Mastectomy, the surgical removal of part of the breast (lumpectomy). This operation is always followed by the provision of radiotherapy. Lumpectomy is usually recommended in patients with large tumors less than 2 cm and located on the edge of the breast.
• Total Mastectomy, the surgical removal of the entire breast, but not the glands in the armpit.
• Modified Radical Mastectomy, the surgical removal of the entire breast, breast tissue in the sternum, collarbone and ribs, and a lump in the armpit.

2. Radiotherapy (Radiation / radiation), the irradiation process in the affected area of ​​cancer using X-rays and gamma rays are aimed at killing cancer cells remaining in the breast after surgery. This action has the effect of unfavorable as the body becomes weak, poor appetite, skin color around the breast to black, as well as hemoglobin and leukocytes tended to decrease as a result of radiation.

3. Hormone Therapy, This is known as 'anti-estrogen therapy' that the system works to block the ability of the hormone estrogen in stimulating the development of breast cancer.

4. Chemotherapy, This is the process of anti-cancer drugs in pill or capsule, or liquid through an IV that aims to kill cancer cells. The system is expected to reach the target in the treatment of cancer that has spread the possibility of other body gets. The impact of the patient kemoterapy nausea and vomiting and hair loss due to the influence of drugs given during chemotherapy.

5.Herceptin treatment is biological therapy is known to be effective against HER2-positive in women with breast cancer stage II, III and IV with cancernya cell spread.