Breast Cancer Treatment

Breast Cancer Treatment

Breast cancer is treated in more than one way, depending on the size of the tumor, the age of the patient, the extent of the tumor and the general condition of the patient. If the tumor is smaller than 3 centimeters, it is possible to remove part of the breast and there is no need for another intervention such as hormonal or radiation therapy. The tumor is more than 3 centimeters or has spread to the axillary lymph nodes. Chemotherapy, hormonal or therapeutic radiation is introduced.

Surgical treatment depends on the size of the tumor and its spread. If the tumor is small, it is removed Breast In part, if mastectomy is completely eradicated with lymph nodes and chest muscles sometimes, radiation therapy is used as an adjuvant to kill cancer cells, especially in the case of spread of the disease to the rest of the organs of the body or bone, and other treatment methods as well as chemotherapy Which is also used in case of spread of the disease to the rest of the body and the chemical drugs used methotrexate and cyclophosamide

Other treatments include hormone therapy by tamoxifen, where a chemical immuno-histological examination is performed to determine the presence of estrogen receptor and progesterone, and the doctor will then decide whether or not to administer this drug according to the presence of receptors. The most important side effects of this drug are the increased risk of cancer Endometrial.

Breast cancer is one of the most common diseases in the world, and there are many factors that may lead to an increase in the likelihood of infection, most important family history and exposure to large amounts of estrogen, and is divided into many types, divided into cancerous and obese and eventually turn the lava to gas so It has to be treated, and is also divided into lobster breast cancer and cannula, and the most important symptoms of a severe tumor in the breast with a change in the color of skin and bumps in the skin as well as increased secretions of the nipple, especially blood secretions, and focused on the diagnosis of symptoms with clinical examination and mammography in several ways, including mammogram And And Gat ultrasound and CT scan machine, and the third is adopted in the diagnosis is to take the sample for histological examination. The treatment includes several types of treatments are surgical and radiation therapy, chemotherapy and hormone therapy.