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Methods of Cancer Treatment
Many people with cancer want to learn all they can about their disease and their treatment options, so they can take an active part in decisions about their medical care. Often, it helps to make a list of questions to ask the doctor.
Mastectomy - Breast Removal Information
Choosing Mastectomy as Breast Cancer Treatment Breast cancer is often first detected by an abnormality on a mammogram (an x-ray examination of soft breast tissues used to identify lumps, cysts, tumors, and other abnormalities).
Breast Cancer Recurrence Rates
Occasionally breast cancer can return after primary treatment. There are three types of recurrent breast cancer: Local recurrence: Cancerous tumor cells remain in the original site, and over time, grow back.
Mastectomy - Breast Removal Information
Mastectomy is the surgical removal of a breast. Surgery is presently the most common treatment for breast cancer. Following mastectomy, immediate or delayed breast reconstruction is possible in many instances.
Overview of Breast Cancer Diagnosis Decision Process
The screening and diagnostic tools for detecting and diagnosing breast cancer have become more and more accurate since the early 1970s when modern mammography started to become widely available. Massive research and development and clinical refinement have made the entire process quite precise.
Mammographic Screening is Key To The Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Notice: Revised breast cancer screening guidelines issued in November 2009. Screening mammography is a low-dose x-ray examination of the breast that is performed on women with no complaints or symptoms of breast cancer (asymptomatic).
DCIS - Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Breast Cancer
Lumpectomy Lumpectomy refers to the surgical removal of a cancerous lump (or tumor) in the breast along with a small margin of the surrounding normal breast tissue. A lumpectomy may be called a quandrantectomy when up to one fourth of the breast is surgically removed.
DCIS - Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Breast Cancer
DCIS and Tamoxifen The drug tamoxifen has been used for over a quarter of a century to treat breast cancer. More recently, tamoxifen has been used to treat early stage breast cancer after primary treatment (lumpectomy or mastectomy).
Mastectomy - Breast Removal Information
After Surgery After mastectomy, patients generally spend two to three days in the hospital, although some may stay up to eight days.
DCIS - Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Breast Cancer
The American Cancer Society estimates that more than 62,000 news cases of carcinoma in situ will be diagnosed this year. A common type of carcinoma in situ called DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ or intraductal carcinoma).
General Information on Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women today. This section discusses the main types of breast cancer, identifies the risk factors, dispels breast cancer myths, and provides the most recent statistics on breast cancer.
Mammographic Screening is Key To The Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Comparing Different Breast Exams Size of Tumors Found by Mammography and Breast Self-Exam Average-size lump detected with routine mammogram (0.43 inches / 1.1 cm) Average-size lump detected with first mammogram (0.59 inches / 1.5 cm) Average-size lump found by regularly practicing breast self-exam (
Ovarian Cancer News
Articles Date Early Research Shows that Removing Ovaries May Not be Necessary to Reduce Ovarian Cancer Risk Nov 2011 Study: Removing Breasts or Ovaries Appears to Effectively Prevent Cancer in High-Risk Women Sep 2010 2000-2007 Consensus Statement Released on Ovarian Cancer Symptoms Jul 29, 2007 Stu
Breast Biopsy
A breast biopsy involves removing a sample of breast tissue to determine whether it is cancerous or benign (non-cancerous).
Benefits and Risks of Breast Biopsy
It is estimated that over 48 million mammograms are performed each year and that less than one million of them (less than 5%) are recalled to undergo a biopsy (in some instances the number of cases requiring biopsy can be as low as 2%, depending on population demographics and methods of care).
Histologic Grades of Breast Cancer: Helping Determine a Patient's Outcome
Hormone Receptor Status Physicians often examine hormone receptors in breast cancer cells at the time of biopsy or breast surgery to determine whether estrogen receptors (ER-positive) or progesterone receptors (PR-positive) are present.
Histologic Grades of Breast Cancer: Helping Determine a Patient's Outcome
What is a Histologic Grade System? Histology is the study of tissues, including cellular structure and function.
Research: Avastin Shows Mild Promise in the Treatment of Ovarian Cancer
Shortly after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rejected approval of the drug Avastin to treat breast cancer, two newly published studies showed some benefits of Avastin in treating ovarian cancer. Avastin is FDA-approved to treat some colorectal, lung, brain, and kidney cancers.
Study: Chemotherapy Effective Before or After Lumpectomy
A new study finds that long-term outcomes after breast-conserving surgery are the same, regardless of whether chemotherapy is given before or after surgery. Instead, the study suggests that biological factors have a greater impact than the time of chemotherapy.
Study: Breast Cancer Patients with Gene Mutations Diagnosed Earlier
Researchers have known for years that women carrying BRCA (breast cancer gene) mutations have a higher risk of breast cancer. Now, a recent study shows that those women are being diagnosed with breast cancer earlier than women without the genetic mutations.
October 21 is National Mammography Day!
Friday, October 21, 2011, has been designated National Mammography Day in the United States. Imaginis encourages women to use this day as a reminder to make an appointment to get a mammogram.
Early Research Shows that Removing Ovaries May Not be Necessary to Reduce Ovarian Cancer Risk
Some women at high risk of ovarian cancer have opted to have their ovaries removed to reduce their cancer risk. Now, a recent study suggests that removing the ovaries may not be necessary to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer in high risk women.
FDA Panel Votes to Remove Approval of Avastin to Treat Breast Cancer
An FDA advisory panel vetoed to remove the approval of Avastin to for treating advanced breast cancer in combination with chemotherapy, citing that the benefits do not appear to exceed the risks of the drug.
Study: Aromasin Shown to Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
A recent study finds that Aromasin may reduce the risk of breast cancer in women at high risk of developing the disease. Aromasin has been used by physician for a decade to treat advanced breast cancer in some women. In the study, Aromasin decreased breast cancer risk by nearly two thirds.
Report: Decrease in Cancer Deaths, Lung Cancer Deaths among Women
Deaths from cancer continue to decrease in the United States, according to an annual published by the National Cancer Institute, the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Cancer Society.
Basic Information On Tamoxifen
Who is not a Candidate for Tamoxifen Therapy? Tamoxifen is not for everyone. Health care providers will determine which women may benefit from taking tamoxifen. While on the drug, women should be closely monitored by their physicians for any potentially dangerous side effects or developments.
Basic Information On Tamoxifen
What is Tamoxifen? Tamoxifen is a drug taken orally in pill form. For over a quarter of a century, physicians have prescribed tamoxifen to help treat patients with advanced breast cancer.
More People are Surviving Cancer
The number of people surviving cancer in the United States increased to almost 12 million in 2007, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute.
Study: HPV Test Beneficial in Detecting Cervical Abnormalities
Results of a new study find that tests for the human papillomavirus (HPV) may be more effective at detecting cervical abnormalities than the traditional pap test. HPV is a common sexually-transmitted disease, some strains of which increase the risk for cervical cancer.
Tamoxifen Side Effects in Women
Possible Serious Complications From Tamoxifen A woman's decision whether or not to take tamoxifen to help treat breast cancer (or prevent breast cancer) should be made carefully, weighing the benefits and risks to the medication.