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Once upon a time, the diagnosis of breast cancer would mean death penalty for women. Today, as modern medicine has advanced with new technological breakthroughs, it is possible to survive a breast cancer diagnosis if detection occurs at very early stages of the disease. Therefore it is important that detection and treatment begin as early as possible to get the highest chance of survival for the afflicted victim.

Breast cancer treatment occurs in various stages. Normally, it depends much on how advanced the growth of the cancer cell is. A TNM staging is used to determine the stage of the cancer growth. It depends much on how much the cancer has metastases or spread to the other parts of the body. Based on this reading, the doctor will decide the best form of treatment for a patient.

Surgery

The most common type of surgery used to remove cancer cells is referred to as the conservative surgery. This occurs when a surgeon removes the cancerous tissues form the body of a patient and leaving the healthy ones intact. A sample of the nearby healthy tissues is also removed. The sample is sent to a laboratory for a reading test, If those reading comes out as normal or healthy then it simply means that the surgeon has been successful in removing the cancer cells. Continue reading ‘Breast Cancer Treatment’ »

As someone who has gone through a cancer diagnosis myself, I know that after focusing so much time and energy on treatment and on surviving, once treatment is finished, you find yourself at loose ends. Family and friends, relieved that it’s over are usually more than ready to get back to whatever normal was before your diagnosis. But like all heroines who are forced to fight battles in unknown lands, you have returned from your journey changed. While the physical geography of your outside world hasn’t changed, your interior landscape has.

Because of your cancer experience, you now know as never before how precious life is. And it begs the question: how do you want to spend the rest of your life? If you’re like many survivors, the answer is “thoughtfully.” Some of the women I work with following a cancer diagnosis turn their lives upside down, while others discover that their lives are exactly as they want them. Still others adjust certain areas of their lives, to find more fulfillment. But almost all of them, in my experience as a life, business and results coach, use their diagnosis as an opportunity to examine their lives. They look at what is working, what isn’t and begin navigating the next stage of their heroine’s journey. Continue reading ‘After Breast Cancer Treatment, What Can You Do to Optimize How You Spend the Rest of Your Life?’ »

The breasts sit on the chest muscles that cover the ribs. Each breast is made of 15 to 20 lobes. Lobes contain many smaller lobules. Lobules contain groups of tiny glands that can produce milk. Milk flows from the lobules through thin tubes called ducts to the nipple. The nipple is in the center of a dark area of skin called the areola. Fat fills the spaces between the lobules and ducts.

Breast cancer incidence is much higher in industrialised Western countries, whether in Europe or North America, than in developing countries. North American women have the highest incidence of breast cancer in the world. Among women in the U.S., breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second-most common cause of cancer death (after lung cancer). Women in the U.S. have a 1 in 8 (12.5%) lifetime chance of developing invasive breast cancer and a 1 in 35 (3%) chance of breast cancer causing their death. In 2007, breast cancer was expected to cause 40,910 deaths in the U.S. (7% of cancer deaths; almost 2% of all deaths)

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When diagnosed with something as deadly as cancer, fertility may not be the immediate concern. However, once cancer is cured and life goes on, the harmful effects of the treatment undergone may show up in the form of impaired fertility.

Ironically, fertility enhancing treatments also seem to have the same effect on cancer, by increasing the risk of cancer in women who undergo fertility treatment.

Treatment for infertility almost always involves intake of fertility drugs, but it appears by improving fertility and the chances of a woman to conceive, the fertility drugs may simultaneously be increasing the risk of cancer. The risk of uterine cancer in particular is seen to increase.

Ovulation-inducing drugs are common in treatment of infertility. The effects of these drugs on the health of the women who use them have not been verified yet. Continue reading ‘Cancer Risk Increased by Intake of Fertility Drugs’ »

It is important to know that FDA today unanimously recommended that Avastin should no longer be used to treat Breast Cancer, saying that the risks of the drug far outweighed any benefits. The recommendation was made after an attack by officials from the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research on Genentech’s plan for a new confirmatory study.

Genentech’s proposed study of Avastin (bevacizumab) in combination with paclitaxel in first-line metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC) does not justify continued approval of the indication because the trial is unlikely to substantiate the magnitude of progression-free survival benefit seen in the E2100 trial and there are multiple factors that could delay the new study’s completion, said the director of the division of biologic oncology products, Dr. Patricia Keegan. Continue reading ‘Important information about Avastin for Breast Cancer Treatment’ »

Breast cancer treatment is usually a multi-pronged approach. The most common breast cancer treatment plan, in this order, involves surgery, chemotherapy, radiation and hormonal therapy. But there are many different types of breast cancer, so there are many variations in treatment. Also, the stage of breast cancer (0 through IV) will determine which treatments are best.

Surgery

Surgery is often the first step in breast cancer treatment. Removal of the lump and the cancerous tissue is imperative in most cases to keep the cancer from spreading any further. Depending on the stage (which is judged by the size and the spread of the disease) a woman with breast cancer may have a mastectomy or a lumpectomy.

A mastectomy is removal of the entire breast, where a lumpectomy saves the majority of breast tissue but removes only the lump itself and the very nearby affected breast tissue. A doctor will recommend which is the safest course of action for each type of cancer. Continue reading ‘Breast Cancer Treatment’ »

A friend of mine had breast cancer. Unfortunately, many women hear this news and are devastated. My friend was no exception. Since she herself is a Healing Touch Practitioner she knew the value of receiving energy work to support the immune system not only before and after all surgeries that were to come but also for the anxiety and fear that were her unexpected companions. Several of her colleagues rallied behind her. Many of us provided energy medicine before and after chemotherapy, radiation and her other surgeries. It was a difficult time for her but her daughter, who lived with her at the time, also was able to give her energy therapy during the long nights when friends were not around. This was especially helpful during the times when she was so sick that she couldn’t leave her home. Finally, she had gotten through her treatment protocol.

One evening at a meeting I noticed her chatting away with a mutual friend looking fantastic. My friend had her hair done, make up on, was nicely dressed and had lost a few pounds. She looked so good that I wondered to myself, “has she had her abdominal surgery and breast reconstruction or not?” By the way she looked and acted it was hard to tell. So when we got a chance to talk and I asked her if she had had the reconstruction surgery, she said, “Yes, 3 weeks ago but my surgeon said that I’m 8 weeks out.”(Meaning her healing was similar to someone who was 8 weeks beyond surgery and healing.) With her recovery so visible I wondered if other complementary modalities would also help other cancer patients with their healing. Continue reading ‘How Holistic Modalities Assist Traditional Medicine With Breast Cancer Healing’ »

Breast cancer has been the disease to hit women all over the world. Though ever year, there are a lot of patients die in the disease, healing from breast cancer is possible. Early detection of breast cancer makes it easy for the treatments to take effect.

When the cancer is diagnosed at the early stage, the malignant cells have affected the breast area at its minimum. It could have only affected the lining or just a part of the breast. This is easier to get rid of. Many these cancer patients, with proper treatment and management, are able to survive this cancer. However, this is a challenge if the cancer has already advanced its stages and it has affected surrounding organs. Continue reading ‘Advanced Breast Cancer Treatment Options to Consider’ »

When my partner was diagnosed with HER2 breast cancer she was told she needed a masectomy, with radical chemotherapy and radiation therapy. She chose, not lightly, to look for an alternative breast cancer treatment. We didn’t leave many stones unturned in search for a breast cancer cure and I wish that someone had given me these tips because it would have saved my partner stress, anxiety and physical suffering and tens of thousands of dollars.

1. Watch the rush to get it done now. Ask your surgeon how long they think you could delay any proposed surgery. My partner’s first impulse was to have an operation immediately. A 2 cm tumor can take 20 years to develop so her surgeon said that a delay of 6 weeks would not affect the outcome. My partner used that period to contact practitioners who advised her on other therapies and this helped change her mind about surgery. Continue reading ‘Alternative Breast Cancer Treatment – 7 Tips for Making Informed Decisions’ »

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Cancer is a disease that can affect any part of the body. Though it affects different areas, it has several characteristics that are common to all of the diseases. It starts with the occurrence of malignant cells in a specific area. It comes with several stages and as these stages advance, there is a high possibility that the malignant cells are going to spread to other parts.

In breast cancer, the disease can begin in any part of the breast. It can be on the milk duct lining or on the breast tissue. Either way, these malignant cells can multiply and spread not only on the entire breast area. The time that the cancer metastasizes, this is where secondary cancer comes in. Aside from the primary cancer, there is another form, one that has been an after-effect of the first one, only that it has advanced. Just like the primary cancer, it requires treatment in order to prevent it from causing further damage. Continue reading ‘Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatment’ »