On breast cancer

On breast cancer

In the breast becomes normal cell division can not be controlled when a redundant cells called tumors formed, noncancerous (benign) or cancerous (malignant) forms a mass. Cancerous or malignant breast tumors usually can be removed, but occurring again, could cover the surrounding tissue and organs and can spread to other parts of the body.

Breast cancer treatment varies according to the patient's stage of disease, although these treatments are surgery, chemotherapy and radiation are included. Targeted therapies are covered by the standard treatment process.

For example, the hormone receptor positive (HR +) breast cancer, for certain hormones, such as estrogen and progesterone receptors group expressing a cancer characterized by the hormone receptor positive tumors. These hormones, cancer cell growth action geçirir.2 estrogen receptor (ER) and / or progesterone receptor (PgR) existence in humans of breast cancers predictive and diagnostic reagents and bulk hormone receptor positive cancer the anılır.3
HR positive breast cancer treatment

Recurrence after treatment is the reoccurrence of cancer. Breast cancer to the lymph nodes in breast and / or has spread to other tissues of the body but the time jump to more remote areas, locally advanced breast cancer (stage III) is called. Cancer, bone or kidney of the body spread to other parts, when metastatic breast cancer (stage IV) is called and the disease is most serious türüdür.4 locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer, with advanced stage breast cancer is called. This distant recurrence is the primary cause of death due to breast cancer.

The first diagnosis for patients with advanced breast cancer and hormone-sensitive in postmenopausal women with early stage breast cancer to prevent relapse, aromatase inhibitors are prescribed by physicians. Aromatase inhibitors, which reduces the amount of hormones in the body, such as estrogen and endocrine treatment drugs type.

Questions to ask your doctor

When diagnosed with breast cancer, your doctor want to ask questions about your diagnosis and treatment plan, for example:

     What is my type of breast cancer?
     In which stage I breast cancer?
     Which cell markers there?
     What are my treatment options?
     What are the expected benefits of each treatment?
     What are the risks of each treatment?
     What are the side effects of each treatment?
     How do we know that the treatment is effective?
     Each of the treatment will affect my daily life?
     Evaluation of new treatments or clinical trials should have been?
     What is the likelihood of cancer recurrence?
     What are my chances of recovery?