A lot of women are recommended drugs as part of their breast cancer treatment. The sort of drug and dosage will be various from patient to patient relying on her medical condition. This is not a comprehensive list of all drugs employed to treat breast cancer: abraxane, adriamycin, aredia, arimidex, aromasin, chemotherapy regimens, cytoxan, ellence, [...]
Stage 3 is classified into subcategories known as 3A, 3B, and 3C. Stage 3 involves a mastectomy and lymph node removal as a typical of care. A joint approach of both chemotherapy and radiation is usually suggested following surgery. Endocrine and targeted/biologic therapies might be alternatives for treatment as well. Stage 3A indicates – Even [...]
Digital mammography, where the detector uses digital technology, has been shown to be superior to conventional analog screen-film mammography, especially in the difficult-to-image denser breasts. However, the long-term promise of digital mammography is probably its use as an enabler of more advanced imaging methods. One of these is known as tomosynthesis. Breast tomosynthesis is a [...]
Does wearing a bra increase the chances you’ll get breast cancer? There has been some rumor mongering in this regard. In this article, we take a look at whether there is any correlation and where the rumor comes from. There is no correlation between wearing bras and an increased risk of breast cancer. So says [...]
It doesn’t matter how old you are, as a woman you are at risk of breast cancer even though it not common for younger women to get breast cancer. It is very complicated and upsetting to be diagnosed with cancer within your childbearing age. In most cases, this is very unexpected. If you develop breast [...]
The folk medicine in China has yielded a new promising approach to treating cancer. The scientists in Seattle have proven that a compound extracted from the wormwood plant seeks out and destroys the cells of breast cancer and leaving healthy cells unscathed. An inexpensive, non-toxic and safe alternative, Artemisia is closely related to oxygen therapy. [...]
I am a breast cancer survivor, five years out. I have been through most of the highs and lows of this disease. Five surgeries, four chemo treatments and thirty three radiation treatments later, I am now in the follow-up stage. After all this, I must say to you — don’t stop now! Follow-up treatment is [...]
So…you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer. Your world has been turned completely upside down. You have thoughts of surgeries and toxic chemical cocktails dancing through your head. What are you going to do? Let’s start by listing the things you are not going to do. You are not going to panic. You are not going [...]
Breast cancer is an ugly word that no woman ever wants to hear. And why would we? We know that so often the first course of action is to cut one or both of our breasts off. And then we get to look forward to round after round of debilitating chemotherapy and watch our hair [...]
There is an increasing awareness about breast cancer and a toxin called dioxin. Certain plastics under common conditions leaks this toxin which is being found in breast tissue. You can prevent this problem from occurring if you read further. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the tissues and cause them to mutate into cancer cells. These [...]
