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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Breast Cancer



Definition
So many people the don’t know about breast cancer.in this article we can learn what is breast cancer.

Breast cancer is caused by the development of malignant cells in the breast. The malignant cells originate in the lining of the milk glands or ducts of the breast (ductal epithelium), defining this malignancy as a cancer. Cancer cells are characterized by uncontrolled division leading to abnormal growth and the ability of these cells to invade normal tissue locally or to spread throughout the body, in a process called metastasis
From the statistic showing that case of breast cancer proplem is increasing in all the countris
The countries with the top 20 highest incidence of breast cancer are given in the table below.
  • Belgium has the highest rate of breast cancer, followed by Denmark and France.
  • The number of cases of breast cancer diagnosed in 2008 is equally spread between more and less developed countries (around 50% for each).
  • The highest incidence of breast cancer is in Australia and New Zealand, Northern Europe and Northern America; and the lowest incidence in South-Central Asia and, Middle and Eastern Africa.
Rank Country Age-Standardised Rate per 100,000 (World) 1 Belgium 109.2 2 Denmark 101.1 3 France (metropolitan) 99.7 4 The Netherlands 98.5 5 Israel 96.8 6 Iceland 95.5 7 Ireland 93.9 8 Uruguay 90.7 9 Switzerland 89.4 9 New Zealand 89.4 11 United Kingdom 89.1 12 Finland 86.3 12 Italy 86.3 13 Australia 84.8 14 Canada 83.2 15 Luxembourg 82.3 16 Germany 81.8 17 Sweden 79.4 18 French Polynesia 76.8 19 United States of America 76.0 20 Argentina 74.0 20 Barbados 74.0

How do I check my breasts?

There’s no right or wrong way to check your breasts. Try to get used to looking at and feeling your breasts regularly. Remember to check all parts of your breast, your armpits and up to your collarbone.after that we have to know what we feel maybe there is different or like abnormal condition.after that look at the sign and symptom are given in the below.

Symptoms of breast cancer can include:
  • a lump in the breast
  • a change in the size or shape of the breast
  • dimpling of the skin or thickening in the breast tissue
  • a nipple that’s turned in (inverted)
  • a rash (like eczema) on the nipple
  • discharge from the nipple
  • swelling or a lump in the armpit.

Common Types of Breast Cancer

Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) is thought of as a "risk indicator of cancer," but not a true cancer.  Most experts believe that LCIS seldom progresses to invasive cancer.  However, women with this condition do have a higher risk of developing an invasive breast cancer in the same or opposite breast, with an overall 8 to 12 fold greater lifetime risk compared to the general population.
Invasive (infiltrating) ductal carcinoma is the most common type of breast cancer.   This type starts in a milk duct, then breaks through the wall of the duct and grows into, or invades, the neighboring  breast tissue.  At this point, cancer cells can travel though the bloodstream or lymphatic system to the lymph nodes as well as other parts of the body.  Approximately 80% of invasive breast cancers are infiltrating ductal carcinomas
Invasive (infiltrating) lobular carcinoma is the second most common type of invasive breast cancer, accounting for up to 15% of invasive cancers.  This type starts in the milk-producing glands, the lobules.
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is an early or pre-invasive form of breast cancer that is being diagnosed at an increasing rate due to the implementation of screening mammography.  Unlike invasive breast cancer, the tumor cells in DCIS are confined to the milk ducts within the breast and have not spread through the walls of the ducts to surrounding breast tissue.  Thus, they do not have the ability spread to the lymph nodes or systemic circulation.  Even though DCIS is not invasive, it is still considered a form of breast cancer and is treated similarly to invasive cancer: with surgery, plus or minus the addition of radiation (depending on the type of surgery you undergo

Treating breast cancer 

People with cancer should be cared for by a multidisciplinary team  like oncology,radiologist,specialist cancer surgeon,pathologist,specialist nurse,and psychology support.
When deciding what treatment is best for you, your doctors will consider:
  • the stage and grade of your cancer (how big it is and how far it has spread)
  • your general health
  • whether you have been through the menopause
The main treatments for breast cancer are:
  • surgery
  • radiotherapy
  • chemotherapy
  • hormone therapy
  • biological therapy

 Breast cancer prevention

For so many women, there is no more dreaded disease than breast cancer. Breast cancer elicits fears related to loss of body image and sexuality, surgery, and death. As is the case for most cancers, the exact cause of breast cancer is not clearly known. Furthermore, there is currently no cure for advanced disease, and there is no definitive way of preventing it.Our knowledge of how breast cancer develops is expanding rapidly. As a result, new medications are being developed to reduce the risk of breast cancer among those at high risk of contracting this disease. For the majority of women, lifestyle changes, a healthy diet, cautious use of selected antioxidants, exercise, and weight reduction can also help reduce the chance of developing breast cancer. To date, the most important strategy in improving survival is still breast cancer screening and early detection. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States. The leading cause is lung cancer. One in every eight women in the United States develops breast cancer. The risk is even higher for women with previous breast cancer, those who have first-degree relatives with breast cancer, those with multiple family members with cancer, and those who have inherited "cancer genes.

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