Breast Cancer
... 10 years), not breastfeeding, drinking 2 to 5 alcoholic drinks a day, being overweight, and not exercising. In order to prevent breast cancer, women should aware of those dangerous factors which are listed above. Furthermore, there are few signs of breast cancer, by seeing this signs happen, women can take early action to cure it. As a tumor grows in size, it can produce a variety of symptoms including: ?Lump or thickening in breast or underarm ?Change in size or shape of the breast ?Nipple discharge or nipple turning inward ?Redness or scaling of the skin or nipple ?Ridges or pitting of the breast skin Once a patient has symptoms suggestive of a breast cancer and has been diagnosed having breast cancer, patient is urged to accept the treatment or even surgery. In order to guide treatment and offer some insight into prognosis, breast cancer is staged into five different groups. ?Stage 0: Ductal carcinoma in situ(DCIS) refers to abnormal cells lining a duct. Women with DCIS have an increased risk of getting invasive breast cancer in that breast. ?Stage 1: early stage breast cancer where the tumor is less that 2 cm across and hasn’t spread beyond the breast. ?Stage 2: tumor has spread to the lymph nodes under the arm. ?Stage 3: locally advanced breast cancer where the tumor is greater than 5cm. ?Stage 4:metastatic breast cancer where the cancer has spread outside the breast to other organs in the body. Almost all women with breast cancer will have some type of surgery in the course of their treatment. The purpose of surgery is to remove as much of the cancer as possible, and there are many different ways that the surgery can be carried out. I have been reading articles about the new discover on curing breast cancer and ways to prevent breast cancer. I pick up some impressive topics as follow: 3/28/01 Eating Soy Boosts Tamoxifen’s : Eating more soy may boost the effects of tamoxifen, a drug that prevents breast cancer in high-risk women, according to a new study presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research. 10/17/02 New protocol improves embryo cryopreservation rates for breast cancer patients: According to a report presented of the American Society for reproductive med...