Breast Cancer: Visual Guide

Breast Cancer Today

Breast cancer today is not the same as 20 years ago. Survival rate is increasing, thanks to greater awareness, earlier detected, and advances in treatment. Approximately 200,000 Americans are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, there are many reasons for hope.

Symptoms of Breast Cancer

 

Often no symptoms of breast cancer, but sometimes a woman may find her own breasts problem. Signs and symptoms to watch out for include:

• Painless lump in the breast.
• Changes in breast size or shape.
• Swelling in the armpit.
• Changes in the nipple. 

Breast pain can also be a symptom of cancer, but this is not common.

Signs of Inflammatory Breast Cancer

 

Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare species, type of cancer that grows rapidly is often no lump or a difference. In contrast, the breast skin can become thicker, red, and may look grainy - like an orange peel. This area may feel warm or too soft and have little bumps that look like a rash.
Breast Cancer & Mammograms

Breast cancer is found early, the easier it is to treat it. And mammograms, breast X-ray, can detect tumors before they are large enough to be felt. The American Cancer Society recommends a mammogram every year for perempu beginning at age 40 an average yangberisiko. While the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening mammogram every two years from age 50 to 74. It is also worth noting before age 50, every woman should check the medicine to find out what the right screening schedule for him, given the potential benefits and harms of screening.

Breast Ultrasound and MRI

In addition to a mammogram, your doctor may ask for additional imaging in breast ultrasound. Ultrasound can help determine the presence of cysts, fluid-filled sacs that are not cancer. MRI may be recommended along with regular screening mammograms for certain women who have a higher risk of breast cancer.

Breast Self-Checking

 

It was once widely recommended for women to own memeriksapayudaranya once a month. But studies suggest that pemeriksaanpayudara itself plays a very small role in finding cancer. Current thinking is that it is more important to know your own breasts and be aware of any changes, rather than checking them on a certain schedule. If you want to do pemeriksaanpayudara yourself, be sure to discuss the technique with your doctor.

How do When You Find a Lump?

First, do not panic. Eighty percent of breast lumps are not kanker.Benjolan often turns into a harmless cyst or tissue changes associated with your menstrual cycle. But you should let your doctor know immediately if you find anything unusual in your breast. If the cancer, the earlier the better to find it. And if no, the test can provide peace of mind.

Breast biopsy 

The only way a sure way to determine whether the lump is cancerous is to do a biopsy. It involves taking a sample of tissue for further examination in the laboratory, sometimes through a small needle. Sometimes surgery is done to take part or the entire lump for study . The results will show whether the lump is the cancer, and if yes , what type it. There are some forms of breast cancer, and treatments are carefully tailored to the type of cancer it.

Hormone-Sensitive Breast Cancer

Some types of breast cancer fueled by hormones estrogen or progesterone. 

reveal whether the tumor has receptors on estrogen (ER-positive) and / or progesterone 

(PR-positive). Approximately two out of three breast cancers are hormone sensitive. There 

are several drugs that keep the hormones from promoting cancer growth further. Figure 

shows a model of molecular estrogen receptor

HER2 - Positive Breast Cancer

In about 20% of patients, breast cancer cells have too many receptors for a protein called 
HER2. This type of cancer known as HER2-positive, and it tends to spread more quickly than
other forms of breast cancer other . It is important to determine whether the tumor is HER2-
positive, because no specific treatment for this form of cancer is




Stages of Breast Cancer

When breast cancer is diagnosed, the next step is to determine how large the cancer tumor 
and how far it has spread. This process is called staging. The doctor uses Stages 0-4 to 
clarify whether localized breast cancer, which has invaded nearby lymph nodes, or that has 
spread to other organs, such as the lungs.Knowing the stage of an and type of breast cancer 
will help your health care teamto formulate treatment strategies




Rate Survival Breast Cancer

Opportunities to survive from breast cancer is strongly linked to how early he was found. According to The American Cancer Society, 100% of women with Stage 1 breast cancer live at least five years, compared to women without cancer - and many women in this group remained free of cancer for good. The more advanced the cancer was , the lower s rate an is. In Stage 4, the five-year survival rate wasrelatively decreased hinggga 20%. However, this figure may increase astreatment is more effective to find.

Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer

Radiation therapy uses high energy rays to kill cancer cells. This can be used after breast cancer surgery to destroy any cancer cells that are still there . It can also be used with an with chemotherapy to treat cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. Side effects can include swelling or feeling of exhaustion and sunburnon the treated area.