Symptom Of Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 06:34:00 +0000

Breast cancer awareness ribbon is very weak, if see many women in the United States knows about breast cancer and Destructive effects of life of women and family life. However, many women ignore the procedure to them to help Make Arrest Possible signs of cancer. Women older than 40 should have a mammogram every year. However, many women do not even go to the doctor once a year at all. This is negligence that can cause serious problems. The best thing to do in this situation is to encourage every woman you know to get the Periodic breast examination. This is especially important if the woman is older than 40 years. However, younger women should also Checked.

There are several ways that can be preformed breast examination at home. Many doctors recommend that a woman's breasts in his own Periodic Review possibility of lumps or irregularities. This can easily be done in the bathroom. Is important that women take the time to take care of themselves. Cancer can be deadly if ignored. Considering that life is a chance to survive almost 100% If Knowing early cancer.

Causes of Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is a disease most common cancer and women are often attacked, even though this man has probably experienced this disease, with a ratio of between 1 in 1000.

- Age, disease increases breast cancer at young age and above.

- Genetic, There are 2 types of genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) that is possible as the risks. If the mother or female relatives of breast cancer, then you probably have an increased risk of breast cancer than 2 times the other women in the family had no single patient.

- The use of drugs, for example a woman who use hormone replacement therapy drugs (hormone replacement therapy (HRT)) as exogenous hormones may cause disease will increase the risk of getting breast cancer.

- Other factors suspected as the cause of breast cancer is; not married, married but no children, gave birth to their first child after age 35 years, never feed a child.

Signs and symptoms of breast cancer

The existence of a strange lump near the breast tissue or even one-breast look bigger, better consult a doctor quickly. These bumps are generally Painless, ranging from small to big size and then when palpated as attached to the skin. Several cases of breast skin changes around the lump or change in the nipple. When the lump started to grow, just be Causing pain when pressed. If you feel pain in the breast and put the milk that is not Abiding, better medical check-up immediately. The nipple into the contract, which was pink and finally become brown Event edema (swelling) around the place is one strong sign of breast cancer. Another thing is the frequent discharge of milk is no longer set when you breastfeed.

Breast cancer type
Through the examination of the Call to mammograms, so this type of breast cancer can be categorized in two parts, namely:

1. Non-invasive breast cancer,
cancer that occurs in the bag (tube) milk liaison between the alveoli (milk producing glands) and put the breast. In the language of medicine called 'ductal carcinoma in situ "(DCIS), in which the cancer has not spread to the outside of the network milk bag.

2. Invasive breast cancer,
cancer that has spread out the bag of milk and attack the surrounding tissue can lead to even distribution (metastase) gets another body such as lympa and other glands through the blood circulation.

Handling and Breast Cancer Medicine

Generally known someone new breast cancer after Stepped-up stage severe enough, this is due to a lack of knowledge or shame, so too late for medicine to pathology was Examined at hand.

Surgery, in the known breast cancer early is the appropriate action Surgery. Doctors will Lifting region and around the little bumps and then replace it with another muscle tissue (lumpectomy). Broadly speaking, there are 3 Actions surgery or surgery such as breast cancer;

1. Radical mastectomy,
The surgical removal of part of the breast (lumpectomy). This operation is always followed by the provision of radiotherapy. Lumpectomy usually recommended in patients with large tumors less than 2 cm and located on The Edge of the breast.

2. Total Mastectomy,
The surgical removal of the entire breast, but not the glands in the armpit.

3. Modified Radical Mastectomy,
The surgical removal of the entire breast, breast tissue in the sternum, collarbone and ribs, and lump around the armpit.

Radiotherapy (radiation / Radiation),
the process of radiation on cancer Affected areas USING X-rays and gamma rays are aimed at killing the cancer cells remaining in the breast after surgery. bad effects which caused him in such a weak body, decreased appetite, skin color around the black penis, as well as hemoglobin and leukocytes tend Downhill As a result of radiation.

Hormone therapy,
This is known as 'anti-estrogen Therapy' ability to work holding the estrogen hormone in triggering the development of breast cancer.

Chemotherapy,
This is the process of providing medicine in the form of anti-cancer pills or capsules or liquid through the infusion aimed at killing cancer cells. This system is expected to achieve the target in the treatment of cancer that has spread possibility gets another body. The impact of kemoterapy a patient experiencing nausea and vomiting and hair loss due to the influence of drugs given during chemotherapy.
* Herceptin treatment,
* Biological therapy is known effective against HER2-positive women who have breast cancer stage II, III and IV

Breast cancer prevention

For those of you who Experiencing Some things are different in the breast, get it checked out to the doctor not to be late. For example the next enlargement, the surrounding breast lump, pain continually in place of milk and so forth as the information signs and symptoms of breast above.

Other actions you can do is to Avoid Obesity, Eat less fat, try a lot of Consuming foods containing vitamins A and C, do not eat too much of marinated and smoked, exercised regularly, and check-up breast since the age of 30 years on a regular basis.

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What Is Breast Cancer?

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:53:00 +0000

The human body is made of tiny building blocks called cells. Your body creates them, replacing those that die with new ones. Usually, the body creates healthy, normal cells that do just what they're supposed to do. This includes cells in the breasts, the two rounded areas on the front of the chest.

But if a cell changes into an abnormal, sometimes harmful form, it can divide quickly over and over again without dying, making many, many copies of itself. When this happens, a tumor, abnormal body cells grouped together in the form of a mass or lump, can start to form and grow.

Breast cancer is a kind of tumor that develops in the cells of a person's breast. You may think that only women can get breast cancer, but because all people have breast tissue, men can get breast cancer as well - though this is very rare.

A tumor can form anywhere in a person's body. Someone has cancer when those abnormal cells will not stop growing, and then cause sickness in the body. Someone with breast cancer may have cancer cells in just one part of the breast, which might be felt as a lump. The cancer can spread throughout one or both breasts. Sometimes breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body, like the bones, the liver, or elsewhere.

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Bone Supplements Prevent Breast Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:07:00 +0000

It's like rowing two islands exceeded, so efficacy of bone tonic which was also useful to prevent breast cancer.

This preliminary conclusion resulting from the study of 151,592 female participants, in which 2216 participants taking bisphosphonates or amplifier bones to prevent osteoporosis, at the beginning of the study.

Checked during the seven years later it was discovered only 31 percent of the participants who drank bone supplements with breast cancer. Positive benefits of this supplement to dominate, even after the researchers put a variety of factors, such as age, smoking habits, weight, hormones, and other factors that affect bone density and breast cancer.

Although this is not enough research to prove the benefits of these supplements for cancer prevention, but enough to give hope. Moreover, many women who consume these tablets bone amplifier.

However, experts still do not understand how these tablets work, whether because the bones become more resilient against the spread of cancer, or because the drug has side benefits as anti tumor capable of preventing the emergence of cancer.

Other studies confirm the benefits of a tablet for the prevention of cancer is a study conducted in Israel experts. In a 2000 study comparing postmenopausal women with breast cancer in 2000 who did not have breast cancer, known from 29 percent of patients taking bisphosphonates first group.

However, these bone tablets is known to have side effects of pain in muscles and joints. Until now the recommended drugs to prevent breast cancer in healthy women is inhibiting hormone called tamoxifen and raloxifene.

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Loneliness and Stress Breast Cancer Law

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:01:00 +0000

Plus loneliness are often faced with stressful situations thought to increase the risk of breast cancer. Not only that, loneliness also increase the size of the tumor cells more than 8,000 percent.

Although it was only proven in mice in the laboratory, but various studies had always found a link between loneliness and the immune system. Various studies have shown that loneliness invite disease.

In a study of mice on top of the published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences December 2009 issue, the experts concluded that self-isolation and stress plays an important role in the occurrence of breast cancer in humans.

When alone with someone in a state of depression, hormones in the body such as adrenaline, serotonin, and cortisol will be affected. Besides the production of stress hormones also increased. Hormonal activity is what triggers the disease.

Loneliness actually has a different meaning of solitude. Loneliness it is perceived as a positive and enjoyable experience and a refreshing emotional, because the activities of their own time can be used to enjoy the quiet, self-reflection, and seeking identity. Loneliness, on the other hand, are feeling empty and isolated a very strong, as if cut off, not connected with other people.

Revealed, Genes Inhibiting Breast Cancer Drugs

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:41:00 +0000

Some British scientists succeeded in uncovering why some breast cancer patients who fail therapy. It turned out that the cause is too much gene called FGFR1 who do not respond to drug therapy Tamoxifen.

Tamoxifen is a drug used to prevent breast cancer recurrence. Unfortunately, one third of patients did not give a positive response to the results of this therapy. In the journal Cancer Research, the scientists managed to write them off FGFR1 gene that tamoxifen could work.

Experts say, when FGFR1 was stopped, hormone-based therapies such as tamoxifen drug could return to work to destroy cancer cells. It is believed to help save the lives of thousands of patients each year.

Dr Nick Turner, head researcher said one of the 10 breast cancer patients have a number of genes that are too high FGFR1. "There are several types of drugs developed to stop the work FGFR1 and clinical studies conducted to determine whether this drug could fight cancer with so many copies of the gene," he said.

Tamoxifen works by inhibiting female sex hormone, estrogen, which fueled the growth of tumors.

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Collaborative Drug Testing for Breast Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:39:00 +0000

WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY - Three pharmaceutical manufacturers, the United States Government, and nonprofit research institutions work together to test five new breast cancer drug. Cooperation which made the five drug to be marketed as soon as it was announced in Washington, Wednesday (17/3/2010).

Research topic Investigation of Serial Studies to Predict Your Therapeutic Response with Imaging and Molecular Analysis (I-SPY2) was tested DNA analysis approach to determine the best drug for each individual patient.

I-SPY2 also tested DNA analysis approach to identify the type of action and what the treatment is not suitable for each individual patient. Thus, every action and treatment is not suitable for patients can be stopped.

Research that will last for five years to get the budget 26 million U.S. dollars. Third pharmaceutical manufacturers involved in the research, Abbott Laboratories, Amgen, and Pfizer agreed to share information, the effectiveness of DNA analysis approach in estimating the impact of their production of drugs to the U.S. Biomarkers Consortium. Research information will also be distributed to the National Agency for Drug and Food United States (FDA) and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health).

"I think this kind of research could be a model in future research," said Deputy Director of the U.S. National Cancer Institute Anna Barker when contacted Reuters.

"Research I-SPY 2 will be the first step to create individualized treatment for each cancer patient," says breast cancer surgeon University of California San Francisco, Dr. Laura Esserman. Esserman also will be testing clinic leader of the study.

Drugs used in cancer research is ABT-888 or the production veliparib Abbott Laboratories. The drug that works by blocking cellular repair enzymes needed by cancer cells.

The second drug is AMG 655 (conatumumab) production Amgen, which is a kind of barrier APO / TRAIL causes cancer cells to destroy themselves.

The third drug being tested is AMG 386, also developed by Amgen. The drug works by stopping the ability of tumor blood flow in the tumor cells.

Two final drug is Pfizer's production, CP-751, 871 (figitumumab) and HKI-272 (neratinib). CP-751, 871 that attacks the nerve endings of insulin growth factor (IGFR), whereas HKI-272 works by destroying a number of the recipient nerve stimulation on cancer cells. (row)

Attacking Breast Cancer Young

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:55:00 +0000

FROM time to time, the number of breast cancer patients in Indonesia continues to grow. Alarming, the last few years of breast cancer patients began to attack the young.

The myth that says that breast cancer is often attacked the woman who was aged over 30 years, seemed unbroken. The problem, now the age of breast cancer patients increasingly shifted to young women, aka the new kid.

Data collected Jakarta Breast Health Foundation says many people with breast cancer at relatively young ages. Even some young women the age of fourteen tumors in the breast. This is of course sad and disturbing.

"Last I handle the age of 15 years. That is the reality we experience problems, "said the Breast Health Foundation Chairman Dr Sutjipto SpB Jakarta (K) Onk the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a working partner Ristra Group at the House of Ristra, Radio Dalam, Jakarta.

Sutjipto revealed, once when he was new to the profession of medicine through, about 40 years ago, breast cancer is still dominated by women aged over 35 years. Growing years, the age of the patient in fact continued to decline.

"Starting last five years, cases under 25 years of growing," he said.

This fact, he's bright, it is not known because the exact cause of cancer-related several factors.

But the most important one, firmly Sutjipto, is related to lifestyle (lifestyle) a person, especially eating unhealthy foods (junk food), smoking, alcohol or it could be because of late marriage.

"Today many women are more interested in a career so late to get married. It is also a risk factor because they could be giving birth at the age of 35 years and over, "said Sutjipto is also in the oncologists Dharmais Cancer Hospital of Jakarta.

Sutjipto argued, the high number of breast cancer patients in Indonesia is also due to low awareness of women for early detection of breast cancer screening by breast or mammography equipment called.

"There is more to know check Pap smears to prevent cervical cancer than amografi," he said.

In other countries, he said, the effort of early detection has become a national program. In Japan for example, when the population of women 40 years of age, he automatically get the voucher from the government to run the mammography at the hospital. While most countries in Europe, the company has insurance cover routine checkups mammography in health claims.

"The symptoms of breast cancer did not exist. Approximately 60% of patients with breast cancer in Indonesia only learned the disease had entered the advanced stage. Well, if early detection is, of course, can prevent the disease getting worse, "said Sutjipto.

Related to the number of sufferers in Indonesia, the light Sutjipto, until now not known for sure. There, only the data per hospital. Dharmais Cancer Hospital in Jakarta for example, on average every month comes around 30-50 new patients. Compared to the world, is increasing the number of sufferers in the country is almost the same.

However, of concern in Indonesia and in other developing countries, survival (survival rate) they belong to a new low since receiving medical actions when already in an advanced stage.

"If the developed countries still had handled early stages, so the survival rate was much better," he explained.

Therefore, the government expects Sutjipto more attention to this problem. Not only the government, he also urged the private sectors and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are concerned about this to move with resolve this issue.

Breast Health Foundation, including Jakarta, which has long been acting to disseminate and conduct outreach to all women in Indonesia, especially Jakarta residents to always be careful and do a routine early detection of breast cancer.

"Although not feel any symptoms, mammography tests were mandatory for women over the age of 35 years. We own the Breast Health Foundation Jakarta has had a car mammography units. So who want breast check-ups, do not need to go to the hospital again, "added Sutjipto.

Founder of the House of Ristra Dr. Tranggono SpKK Iswari Retno said it continues to work with various parties in an effort to educate the general public related to women's health issues, particularly breast cancer, considering the problem of cancer has become a scourge that must be scary handled properly.

Relations with skin health, said Retno, because our environment is one of the triggers cancer, including sun too stinging, and dirty air from an unhealthy environment.

And if these particles into the skin, would cause a negative reaction in the cell in the body, which eventually can cause cancer. That, he continued, the importance of products to protect skin Ristra time every day activities outside the home.

"Cosmetic products that we produce in Ristra based on the concept of medical health. For breast cancer patients, we also have a post therapy products. For example products for hair loss and skin burns due to chemotherapy clinically proven, "he explained.

Minister of Women Empowerment and Child Protection (State Minister of PP & PA) Linda Amalia Sari Gumelar as the founder of Breast Health Foundation, Jakarta, demanding that women should routinely check mammography for breast cancer may be detected early, especially in remote areas of health services still limited.

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After a Mastectomy

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:24:00 +0000

Plastic surgery is divided into two types, namely reconstruction and plastic surgery aesthetic plastic surgery., Reconstructive plastic surgery for breast cancer do to change the skin, breast and nipple tissue removed during mastectomy. The number of missing tissue varies with mastectomy respectively. The factors that contribute to the amount of tissue removed includes wide, size, and location of the original tumor and its proximity to the axilla, where the lymph nodes removed.

This is an option for women facing a mastectomy with reconstruction is to restore the symmetry between both breasts.
Breast Reconstruction chose to restore its original form through the breast reconstruction plastic surgery. ".

After a mastectomy, you may choose to wear external breast forms or pads or no attempt to change your appearance. Or you can choose breast reconstruction, using either breast implants or your own network.

Doing breast reconstruction is not only change your physical appearance, but also has a psychological advantage and it can help restore your confidence and your family.

Reconstructive surgery carried out in accordance with the patient's own wishes, medical condition, and treatment of cancer. When possible, plastic Surgeons encourage women to begin breast reconstruction at the same time they have their mastectomy. For many women, immediate reconstruction reduces the trauma of having her breasts removed a very large and cost.

In accordance with the development of knowledge is a variety of breast reconstruction techniques are available that offer a cosmetically attractive result. Several factors must be considered, such as destination for patients, medical condition, and previous surgery, are considered when choosing between reconstruction using tissue flaps or breast moved from other parts of the body.

One procedure to consider breast reconstruction after nipple reconstruction. Usually, the nipple and areola (the dark area around the nipple) will be removed during the mastectomy surgery for breast tissue and the risk for cancer recurrence.

Part of the nipple or areola reconstruction is usually done at a later date after completion of breast reconstruction. This allows the new breast tissue to heal and settle in a place so small in size and position adjustments can be made when the nipple and areola reconstructed. and usually patients with Outpatient lived and performed under local anesthesia. Tissue of the nipple or areola is often taken from the newly built breast. To match the color of the other nipple and areola to create, medical tattooing can also be done for adjustment.

Or using fake nipples are other options that could be temporary or permanent. The plastic surgeon makes a copy of your natural color of the nipple and areola. This can stick to using the fake breasts and stick adhesive back every week or more.

Preparation of breast reconstruction surgery
The anesthetic and any work done to treat breast cancer may take two hours. After the plastic surgery team took over, the Reconstructive part of this procedure is completed in one additional one to six hours. After surgery, patients must stay in the recovery room about two to three hours before and then transferred to a hospital room.

The first few days after the operation, you will experience some discomfort, but you will be given pain medication as needed. During your stay in hospital, your recovery will be Monitored.

After surgery you will be trained to move my arms, but not for any heavy activities such as pulling away, get out of bed, or lifting heavy objects. The nurse will help you in and out of bed. Usually the day after surgery, you will usually be sitting in a chair beside the bed. On the second day, most patients walk without help from others.

Infusion may be continued for one or two days, but you will Gradually progress to a normal diet. You may have a urinary catheter in overnight or until you can walk to the bathroom. You will also flow in the incision site. If you come home with drains in place, you will be given instructions on how to treat them.

The length of stay in hospital depends on the type of operation and the progress of your physical recovery. If you've got the implants, the average length of Hospitalization is one or two days. If the flap procedure requires only five to six days.

When you come home from the hospital, you can deal with some pain, such as swelling, and bruising for two to three weeks. You will be asked to apply the medicine to the area to replace sutures or bandages at home. Your plastic surgeon will tell you about how to bathe your wounds and treatment.

Return to normal activities and live it would normally take about six weeks after surgery. Can also occur within a few weeks you can not do heavy work.

Mastectomy and breast reconstruction will create Numbness in parts of the operation, you too will feel the pain in the tissue was taken, the patient may feel Numbness and stiffness. In time, some feeling may return in your breast. Then the scar will disappear.

After Undergoing breast reconstruction, you have to do is check your breasts regularly every month. please be aware of breast reconstruction does not affect the recurrence of cancer or oversight and generally does not interfere with chemotherapy or radiation. You also must continue to have regular screening exams, such as an annual mammogram.

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Weight Loss

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:23:00 +0000

Weight loss will come down drastically due to reasons that are unclear, loss of appetite, or fatigue is the first sign of cancer, especially cancer of the pancreas, stomach, esophagus, or lungs.

- Fever or night sweats

- Change the skin:
certain cancers can produce visible skin signs such as hyperpigmentation, jaundice, erythema, itching, or excessive hair growth.

- The wound that never Healed in the mouth.

- It's hard to swallow.
constant pain in the mouth can become cancerous mouth and must be dealt with promptly, especially in patients who smoke, chew tobacco, or frequently drink alcohol.
Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) may indicate cancer of the esophagus, stomach, or throat.

- Swelling, abnormal swelling in the neck, under arms, or in any part of the body.

- Swelling in the breast, an abnormal fluid coming out of the nipple, a lump in the breast or testes.

- Cough-cough long enough even with blood.
Hoarseness / cough: A persistent cough may be a sign of lung cancer. Husky may indicate cancer of the larynx.

- Abdominal bloating or bleeding in the anus.

- Excessive bleeding during menstruation was normal.

- Abnormal fluid out through the vagina or bleeding after having sex.

- Urine or stools with blood. (LUC):
Changes in bowel habits / bladder function: Chronic constipation or diarrhea may be a sign of colon cancer.

What causes breast cancer?

Know More Familiar Cancer Symptoms And Signs of Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:08:00 +0000

- Weight loss:
is the first sign of cancer, especially cancer of the pancreas, stomach, esophagus, or Lungs. Weight loss will come down drastically due to unclear reasons, loss of appetite, or easily tired.

- Fever or night sweats

- Change the skin:
certain cancers can produce visible skin signs such as hyperpigmentation, jaundice, erythema, itching, or excessive hair growth.

- The wound that never Healed in the mouth.

- It's hard to swallow.
constant pain in the mouth can become cancerous mouth and must be dealt with promptly, especially in patients who smoke, chew tobacco, or frequently drink alcohol.
Difficulty swallowing (dysphagia) may indicate cancer of the esophagus, stomach, or throat.

- Swelling, abnormal swelling in the neck, under arms, or in any part of the body.

- Swelling in the breast, an abnormal fluid coming out of the nipple, a lump in the breast or testes.

- Cough-cough long enough even with blood.
Hoarseness / cough: A persistent cough may be a sign of lung cancer. Husky may indicate cancer of the larynx.

- Abdominal bloating or bleeding in the anus.

- Excessive bleeding during menstruation was normal.

- Abnormal fluid out through the vagina or bleeding after having sex.

- Urine or stools with blood. (LUC):
Changes in bowel habits / bladder function: Chronic constipation or diarrhea may be a sign of colon cancer.

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Breast Cancer,Metastatic or Recurrent - Symptoms

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:35:00 +0000

Symptoms of metastatic and recurrent breast cancer depend on how much the cancer has spread. You may have specific physical symptoms, such as a lump in your breast or on your chest wall, bone pain, or shortness of breath. Many women do not have symptoms. Recurrent or metastatic breast cancer is often found before symptoms appear, either on a chest X-ray or as part of another test.

Recurrent breast cancer.
If you have cancer that recurs in the same area (local recurrence), you may have symptoms such as:

* A lump or thickening in the breast, chest wall, or armpit after you have had breast-conserving surgery or a mastectomy . You may notice that the skin of your chest looks or feels different.
* A change in the size or shape of the breast or a dimple or pucker in the skin of the breast.
* Discharge or bleeding from the nipple that occurs without squeezing the nipple (spontaneous discharge).
* A change in the nipple, such as a scaly or crusty look or a nipple that draws inward (retraction or inversion).

Metastatic breast cancer

Symptoms of metastatic breast cancer will depend on the area affected and how far your breast cancer has spread.

Metastatic breast cancer symptoms Area affected Symptom

Usually be seen the signs in the breast or chest wall

* Lump or thickening in your breast or under your arm
* Changes in size or shape of your breast
* Changes in the skin of your breast or chest wall
* Chest wall pain
* Discharge from your nipple

Bones, especially the back, hips, or sternum

* Pain
* Fractures
* Constipation
* Fatigue
* Decreased alertness from high calcium levels

Lungs

* Shortness of breath, difficulty breathing
* Cough
* Chest wall pain
* Extreme fatigue

Liver

* Nausea
* Extreme fatigue
* Increased abdominal girth
* Fluid collection (edema) in your feet and legs
* Yellowing or itching of the skin

Brain and spinal cord

* Pain
* Confusion
* Memory loss
* Headache
* Blurred or double vision
* Change in how your skin senses touch, pain, or any other physical feeling
* Trouble speaking or understanding speech
* Trouble standing, moving, or walking
* Seizures

Inflammatory breast cancer

Inflammatory breast cancer is a specific type of breast cancer that involves the skin of the breast. It occurs when breast cancer cells form "nests" and block the lymphatic drainage from the skin of the breast. Symptoms include redness, tenderness, and warmth. Thickening of the skin of the breast (orange peel appearance), rapid breast enlargement, and ridging of the skin of the breast may also occur. Some women may also develop itching, bruising, or a lump in the breast. See a picture of inflammatory breast cancer

Effect of Aspirin as an Anti-Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:21:00 +0000

Recent research indicates aspirin was able to show progress in the treatment of breast cancer and prevent the risk of recurrent cancer (recurrent cancer). Aspirin also suppress the spread of cancer in some places.

Aspirin for anti-breast cancer How aspirin can increase the survival of breast cancer?
Nurses Health Study followed more than 4,000 nurses who have been treated with aspirin for breast cancer for at least the previous 12 months showed very good aspirin reduce mortality and prevent recurrent cancer

Can aspirin be used as a substitute drug for the treatment of breast cancer?
No, aspirin can prevent the occurrence of recurrent breast cancer in combination therapy only if other breast cancer is recommended.

Several studies have shown that aspirin can reduce the risk of breast cancer in women who do not have the disease. And several other studies reached the opposite conclusion.

When data from several studies are combined, there is evidence that aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen) can slightly reduce the risk of breast cancer.

Many women who are not breast cancer. Take aspirin every day in the long run can also be risky, especially the risk of stomach or intestinal bleeding. This means that for most women, the risk of taking aspirin may exceed the benefit of preventing breast cancer.

However, when taken under medical supervision, use of low-dose aspirin regularly can reduce the risk of heart disease. It's not clear whether women with a higher risk for breast cancer may be an additional benefit of aspirin.

Is aspirin can prevent other types of cancer?
Aspirin drug most studied in colon cancer. From the study strongly suggest that aspirin may increase survival in patients treated for colon cancer. The study also showed that aspirin lowers the risk of new polyps in patients with post-appointment of precancerous intestinal polyps, and regular use of aspirin lowers the risk of colon cancer. Aspirin also may reduce the risk of other cancers, especially prostate cancer and esophagus cancer.

Can aspirin against cancer

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:15:00 +0000

Aspirin has an anticancer effect, a new study confirms.

Latest from this study showed that after successful treatment for breast cancer, women are significantly aspirin regularly have a lower risk of death from recurrent cancer. Aspirin also reduces the risk of having their cancer spread to other sites.

What does this mean for the people being treated for cancer? What does it mean for people worried about their cancer risk? Here are answers to this and frequently asked questions about aspirin and cancer.
Does aspirin really improve breast cancer survival?

Only clinical trials, where treatments are randomly tested against an inactive placebo, could prove that the treatment is truly effective.

Until evidence is available, the next best thing is a study in which people taking the treatment were observed from time to time. Nurses Health Study followed more than 4,000 nurses who have been treated for breast cancer at least 12 months earlier.

The result: Nurses who took aspirin significantly less likely to die from breast cancer and the cancer has relapsed at another site. After adjusting for stage of cancer, menopausal status, body mass, and hormone sensitivity of tumors, women who took aspirin seven days a week were 43% more likely to die from breast cancer.

The findings may apply only to women who survive at least four years after breast cancer treatment. But because 90% of women diagnosed with breast cancer survive at least five years, "our findings have important clinical enough," the researchers concluded Michelle D. Holmes, MD, DrPH, and colleagues at Boston's Brigham & Women's Hospital. Their study was published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Aspirin treatment could replace the other breast cancer?

No. If aspirin really help prevent breast cancer recurrence, it was only when combined with cancer therapy is recommended.
Aspirin can prevent breast cancer?

Several studies have shown that aspirin can reduce the risk of breast cancer in women who do not have the disease. Other studies reached the opposite conclusion.

When data from several studies are combined, there is evidence that aspirin or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen) can slightly reduce the risk of breast cancer.

Most women do not get breast cancer. Take aspirin every day for a long time risk, especially risk of stomach or intestinal bleeding. This means that for most women, the risk of taking aspirin may exceed the benefits of preventing breast cancer.

However, when taken under medical supervision, routine low-dose aspirin use does not reduce the risk of heart disease. It's not clear whether the women at higher risk of breast cancer may be an additional benefit of aspirin.
Aspirin can prevent other types of cancer?

Aspirin can be sold on the table, but it was a very powerful drug. This has at least two effects that, in animal studies, the fight against cancer.

Aspirin is the most studied in colon cancer. Human studies strongly suggest that aspirin increases survival in patients treated for colon cancer. The study also showed that aspirin lowers the risk of new polyps in patients who had precancerous colon polyps removed, and that regular use of aspirin lowers the risk of colon cancer.

However, the U.S. preventive services recommended against the widespread use of aspirin to prevent colon cancer. Once again, the risk of aspirin is greater than the benefits to the people in the normal risk of colon cancer.

Aspirin also may reduce the risk of other cancers, especially prostate cancer and esophagus cancer.

As with breast and colon cancer, the most powerful benefits seen in patients who are treated for cancer. Although there is evidence that aspirin has a broad anticancer effects, there is no strong evidence that these benefits - even when combined with the benefits of low-dose aspirin in preventing heart disease - beyond the normal risk for people at risk of cancer.

Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer Risk - Hormone Therapy Risk Very High

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:03:00 +0000

Hormone replacement therapy referred to as HRT is used to relieve menopausal symptoms, especially hot flashes. A woman usually require hormone therapy of estrogen and progestin well. Women who had undergone a hysterectomy can take estrogen alone. Estrogen reduces hot flashes and prevent osteoporosis, but estrogen may increase the risk of cervical cancer. Added progestin in women with a uterus to prevent this.

Many studies have seen the relationship between hormone therapy and breast cancer. The best evidence for the benefits and risks of hormone replacement therapy comes from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI), a large study Involving more than 16.000 healthy women. Results published in July 2002 showed the risks of HRT in combination with estrogen plus progestin outweigh the benefits. This includes increased risk of breast cancer, heart disease, stroke and blood clots.

National Institutes of Health concluded that the long-term use of combination hormone therapy can cause much more serious risk than its profits. Currently, 6 million U.S. women using a combination of hormones to reduce menopausal symptoms.

Not only the combined HRT increases the risk of breast cancer, but also increases the likelihood that cancer will be found in more advanced stages. This is due to the effects of reducing the effectiveness of mammography.

If a woman no longer have a uterus, estrogen alone can be given for menopausal symptoms. This may not increase the risk of breast cancer, in March 2004 from the WHI study concluded that those taking only estrogen had an increased risk of breast cancer or heart disease, but estrogen did not increase the risk of a stroke.

Benefits of HRT and the risk

Hormone replacement therapy is an effective treatment for reducing hot flashes of menopause. But the known link between hormone therapy and increased risk of breast cancer has discouraged many women and their doctors from choosing or recommending this treatment.

Type of hormone therapy can be estrogen therapy alone or combined estrogen and progestin, and women's individual characteristics, risk factors, and severity of menopausal symptoms, should be considered when weighing the risks and benefits of HRT. The decision to use hormone therapy after menopause should be made by a woman and her health care provider after weighing all the potential risks, including heart disease, breast cancer, stroke and blood clots, and the benefits to the relief of menopausal symptoms and preventing osteoporosis .

HRT and breast cancer specialists have prevented many of the recommended breast for breast cancer can survive. However, many women who experience menopausal symptoms after breast cancer treatment. Some forms of chemotherapy can also cause premature menopause in Premenopausal Women.

Alternatives to HRT to Protect Your Bones From Osteoporosis

Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) are a new class of drugs similar to estrogen protects against osteoporosis by increasing bone density, while perhaps also protects against the development of breast cancer.

Raloxifene is a widely used SERMs that have been shown to increase growth and bone density. Unfortunately it did not reduce symptoms of menopause, like hot flashes and may actually worsen them. Although the FDA has approved this drug for prevention of osteoporosis, studies have shown benefits in preventing breast cancer.

Drink calcium and vitamin D every day to prevent or treat osteoporosis.

Stages of Breast Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:01:00 +0000

Stage 0
Breast cancer at stage zero, atypical cells are not or have not spread beyond the lobule as a channel or milk-producing Organs, into the surrounding breast tissue. Referred to as carcinoma in situ, and divided into two types:

1. Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) - in this case is a very early stage, cancer can be cured and very survivable. If not treated or not detected, it can spread to surrounding breast tissue.

2. Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) - are not cancer but an indicator that identifies women have an increased risk of developing breast cancer.

Stage 1 - is the early stage invasive breast cancer
At stage 1 breast cancer, cancer size no larger than two centimeters (about an inch) and has not spread to surrounding lymph nodes or outside the breast.

Stage 2
At stage 2 breast cancer, divided into two categories according to tumor size and whether the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes.

Stage 2 A
Breast Cancer in tumor size less than two centimeters (about an inch) and has spread to three lymph nodes armpit Assistants. and the tumor has grown more than two centimeters, but not greater than five centimeters.

Stage 2 B
Cancer or a tumor has grown to between two and five centimeters and has spread to three lymph nodes armpit Assistants. Or, tumors larger than five centimeters, but has not spread to the lymph nodes around it.

Stage 3

Stage 3 A
Breast cancer or a tumor larger than two centimeters, but less than five centimeters and has spread to up to nine Assistants armpit lymph nodes.

Phase 3 B
The cancer has spread to tissues near the breast including the skin, chest wall, ribs, muscle, or lymph nodes in the chest wall or above the collarbone.

Stage 4
The cancer has spread and damage to Organs or other body tissues, including liver, Lungs, brain, skeletal system, or lymph nodes near the collarbone.

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Breast Reconstruction

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:58:00 +0000

Plastic surgery is divided into two types, namely reconstruction and plastic surgery aesthetic plastic surgery., Reconstructive plastic surgery for breast cancer do to change the skin, breast and nipple tissue removed during mastectomy. The number of missing tissue varies with mastectomy respectively. The factors that contribute to the amount of tissue removed includes wide, size, and location of the original tumor and its proximity to the axilla, where the lymph nodes removed.

This is an option for women facing a mastectomy with reconstruction is to restore the symmetry between both breasts.
Breast Reconstruction chose to restore its original form through the breast reconstruction plastic surgery. ".

After a mastectomy, you may choose to wear external breast forms or pads or no attempt to change your appearance. Or you can choose breast reconstruction, using either breast implants or your own network.

By doing breast reconstruction is not only change your physical appearance, but also has a psychological advantage and it can help restore your confidence and your family.

Reconstructive surgery carried out in accordance with the patient's own wishes, medical condition, and treatment of cancer. When possible, plastic Surgeons encourage women to begin breast reconstruction at the same time they have their mastectomy. For many women, immediate reconstruction reduces the trauma of having her breasts removed a very large and cost.

In accordance with the development of knowledge is a variety of breast reconstruction techniques are available that offer a cosmetically attractive result. Several factors must be considered, such as destination for patients, medical condition, and previous surgery, are considered when choosing between reconstruction using tissue flaps or breast moved from other parts of the body.

One procedure to consider breast reconstruction after nipple reconstruction. Usually, the nipple and areola (the dark area around the nipple) will be removed during the mastectomy surgery for breast tissue and the risk for cancer recurrence.

Part of the nipple or areola reconstruction is usually done at a later date after completion of breast reconstruction. This allows the new breast tissue to heal and settle in a place so small in size and position adjustments can be made when the nipple and areola reconstructed.
and usually patients with Outpatient lived and performed under local anesthesia. Tissue of the nipple or areola is often taken from the newly built breast. To match the color of the other nipple and areola to create, medical tattooing can also be done for adjustment.

Or by using fake nipples are other options that could be temporary or permanent. The plastic surgeon makes a copy of your natural color of the nipple and areola. This can stick to using the fake breasts and stick adhesive back every week or more.

Preparation of breast reconstruction surgery
The anesthetic and any work done to treat breast cancer may take two hours. After the plastic surgery team took over, the Reconstructive part of this procedure is completed in one additional one to six hours. After surgery, patients must stay in the recovery room about two to three hours before and then transferred to a hospital room.

The first few days after the operation, you will experience some discomfort, but you will be given pain medication as needed. During your stay in hospital, your recovery will be Monitored.

After surgery you will be trained to move my arms, but not for any heavy activities such as pulling away, get out of bed, or lifting heavy objects. The nurse will help you in and out of bed. Usually the day after surgery, you will usually be sitting in a chair beside the bed. On the second day, most patients walk without help from others.

Infusion may be continued for one or two days, but you will Gradually progress to a normal diet. You may have a urinary catheter in overnight or until you can walk to the bathroom. You will also flow in the incision site. If you come home with drains in place, you will be given instructions on how to treat them.

The length of stay in hospital depends on the type of operation and the progress of your physical recovery. If you've got the implants, the average length of Hospitalization is one or two days. If the flap procedure requires only five to six days.

When you come home from the hospital, you can deal with some pain, such as swelling, and bruising for two to three weeks. You will be asked to apply the medicine to the area to replace sutures or bandages at home. Your plastic surgeon will tell you about how to bathe your wounds and treatment.

Return to normal activities and live it would normally take about six weeks after surgery. Can also occur within a few weeks you can not do heavy work.

Mastectomy and breast reconstruction will create Numbness in parts of the operation, you too will feel the pain in the tissue was taken, the patient may feel Numbness and stiffness. In time, some feeling may return in your breast. Then the scar will disappear.

After Undergoing breast reconstruction, you have to do is check your breasts regularly every month. please be aware of breast reconstruction does not affect the recurrence of cancer or oversight and generally does not interfere with chemotherapy or radiation. You also must continue to have regular screening exams, such as an annual mammogram.

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Birth control pills and breast cancer risk

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:57:00 +0000

Male than a female organ that is also a vital organ that plays an important role in human growth. So women all over the world to keep this one organ as possible to avoid all kinds of diseases. Especially from breast cancer attacks.

Oral contraceptives have become the most popular and one of the most effective form of birth control used in the United States, but increased risk of breast cancer has led to debate about the role that birth control pills may have side effects in developing breast cancer.

A recent study of breast cancer prevention comes from Australian researchers. They Assume that by consuming Pill or pill at a Relatively young age can reduce the risk of breast cancer.

Eat regular Pill for 12 months, the risk of breast cancer attacks became less. Particularly for young women who have the BRCA1 gene as much as 10% -20%, as they report in The Sydney Morning Herald.

Scandinavian researchers have noted an increase in breast cancer, women's groups who are taking or have recently taken birth control pills. Again using the pills seem to increase the risk. Similar research found that 10 years or more after women stopped using birth control pills, the risk of their breast cancer return to the same extent as if they never use birth control pills.

However, the reputation of another study conducted by the Women's contraception and Reproductive Experiences (Women's CARE) conducted between 1994 and 1998 showed no increased risk of breast cancer in current or former pill users.

In general, most studies found no overall increased risk of breast cancer due to the use of oral contraceptives.

Has a History of Breast Cancer. Should I Take Birth Control Pills?

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that women with a family history of breast cancer never have a chance up to 11 times higher risk of breast cancer, if they had ever used the pill. But experts warn that the study involved mainly women who take birth control pills before the year 1975, when it contains much higher levels of the hormones estrogen and progestin than today's low dose pills.

Those who have a family history of breast cancer associated with mutations in the BRCA genes should use caution before taking birth control pills. Families at increased risk of breast cancer in carriers of these genes further changes may increase the risk of breast cancer by taking birth control pills. Recent research showed the pill does not increase the risk in women carriers of the abnormal BRCA2 gene, but not to those who have the BRCA1 gene has been changed.

But the Pill is not likely to prevent breast cancer and cervical cancer for women with the BRCA1 genetic. This is very important for women in the country Kangaroo, because 1 of 500 Australian women have the gene, with the risk of breast cancer by 60%.

Keep health care with a more healthy life style, and do not miss to perform breast self-examination.

Inflammatory breast cancer (Mastitis)

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:53:00 +0000

Inflammation of the breast, or mastitis is an inflammation of the breast caused by infection in the breast tissue or due to blockages. Mastitis is divided into 3 namely periductal mastitis, pueperalis mastitis, and mastitis supurativa. The third type of mastitis is the result of different causes and conditions are also different.
Unlike breast cancer, this type of cancer may not cause a lump in the breast. Checking the breast with mammograms often fail to learn at an early stage breast cancer. Because growing so rapidly, usually has spread at the time of diagnosis.

Cause.

Puerperalis mastitis caused by infection in the breast tissue. Mastitis occurs in women who are breastfeeding because of the transfer of Germs from your baby's mouth or the mouth of her husband. That's because low oral health such as the mouth of someone who likes to smoke. Germs that cause most puerperalis mastitis is Staphylococcus aureus. Germs can also enter the penis because of injecting silicone or collagen injections, causing inflammation.

Supurativa mastitis. This type of mastitis is the most common. Similar to the previous type, this type of mastitis caused by staphylococcus bacteria. Can also be caused by the fungus, the TB Germs, and even syphilis.

Periductal mastitis usually occurs in women of menopausal age (above 45 years), the main cause is not known Clearly. On the expected result of hormonal changes and nursing activities in the past. At the time of menopause estrogen hormone decrease occurs that causes the dead tissue. Piles of dead tissue and breast milk causes blockage in the channels in the breast. Blockage causes the closing of the channel and eventually widen the channel in the rear, which is usually located behind the nipple. The result is the inflammatory reaction called periductal mastitis.

Symptoms - Symptoms

Inflammatory breast cancer can cause one or more of these symptoms:

- A breast is swollen, red, and warm
- A tender or painful breast
- Itching in the breast
- Sometimes the nipple into the breast instead of pointing out. This is called a retracted nipple.
- Changes in the skin, especially areas that looked thick and pitted like orange peel. Sometimes there are mountains in the skin and small bumps that looked like a rash or itching.
- Breasts are visible bruises on certain parts.
- Swollen lymph nodes in the armpit
- There are one or more lumps in the breast.
- There Fever
Mastitis is caused by bacteria, which caused the abscess, or collection of pus in a cavity in the breast glandular tissue. Pus which spread to other parts of the body can cause high fever and chills, sweating a lot, the decline in immune system, even to the decrease in consciousness.

These tests include:

* Estrogen and progesterone receptor status. Hormones estrogen and progesterone stimulate the growth of breast cells to normal, and some breast cancers. Hormone receptor status is an important piece of information that will help you and your doctor's treatment plan.
* HER-2 receptor status. HER-2/neu is a protein that regulates the growth of some breast cancer cells. Approximately 25% of women with breast cancer have too many, of these will promote the growth of proteins.

Treatment of inflammatory breast

Treatment of mastitis tailored to the cause, if the blockage is usually given analgesic (pain relief), if the bacteria cause infections should be given antibiotics, but if it happens then abscess drainage should be done (the distribution of the pus).

Drug treatment is usually followed by surgery to remove the breast and lymph nodes. After surgery, radiation therapy is used to try to kill remaining cancer cells.

Lifetime Risk of Breast Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:50:00 +0000

Although the exact causes of breast cancer is unknown, most experts agree that there are several factors that increase the risk of breast cancer.
On risk factors associated with breast cancer

In the age group, breast cancer was diagnosed:
- 4 of 1.000 women at the age of 30 years
-14 Out of 1.000 women at age 40 years
-26 O from 1000 women at age 50 years
-37 Of 1000 women at the age of 60 years.

Breast cancer risk:

History of breast cancer.
Women who have had breast cancer in one breast have increased opportunity to have another breast cancer or breast cancer could be the same again, in one breast, or in other areas of the body, such as lung, liver, brain, or bone.

Family history.
A woman with breast cancer risk increases if her mother, sister, daughter, or two or more other close relatives such as cousins, have a history of breast cancer, especially if they are diagnosed with breast cancer before age 50.

Women who inherit specific changes (genetic mutations) in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are much more likely to suffer breast cancer. They are also more likely to have colon or ovarian cancer. But most women who have a family history of breast cancer do not have changes in BRCA genes.

Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are more common in ethnic groups, such as the Ashkenazi Jews, a genetic test available to determine whether you have the genetic mutations long before the cancer appears. In families where many women have breast or ovarian cancer, genetic testing can show whether a woman has specific genetic changes known to increase risk of breast cancer.

If you change your breasts. Women who have atypical hyperplasia, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) or those who have two or more breast biopsies other noncancerous conditions are more likely to develop breast cancer.

Other factors

- No birth children.
Women who had their first child after age 30 have a greater chance of developing breast cancer compared with women who had their children at a younger age. Women who never had children have an increased risk for developing breast cancer.

- No feeding.
Women who do not breastfeed have a higher risk of breast cancer than those who are breastfeeding. The longer you breastfeed, the lower the risk of breast cancer.

- Race.
In white women, breast cancer is more common than black, Hispanic, or Asian women. However, black women are more likely to get breast cancer at a younger age and are also more likely to die of breast cancer.6

- Radiation therapy.
Woman's breasts exposed a significant amount of radiation at a young age, especially those treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma, have an increased risk for developing breast cancer.

- Hormones.
Female hormones have an important role in some types of breast cancer.

Having extra body fat and drinking alcohol both lead to a higher level of estrogen in the body. Especially after menopause, when natural estrogen levels low, it increases your breast cancer risk.8

The use of estrogen-progestin hormone therapy after menopause for several years or more increases the risk of breast cancer. But within 5 years after you stop using combination therapy, your risk of returning to normal. Long-term use of estrogen alone can increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer. 7

Starting menstruation before age 12 and beginning menopause later than age 55 years of women's increased risk of breast cancer. The years when you have your menstrual cycle of high-estrogen years. Experts think that the longer you have higher estrogen, the greater your risk for breast cancer.8

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Overcoming Pain In Breast

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:47:00 +0000

Pain is the most common type of breast pain. Can be caused by the normal monthly changes in hormones. This pain usually occurs in both breasts. Feeling of heaviness or pain that extends into the armpit and arm. The pain is usually most severe before the menstrual period and disappear when the period ends. Cyclic breast pain is more common in younger women. Most cyclic pain disappear without treatment and usually disappears at menopause.

Noncyclic pain most often occurs in women 30-50 years old. only occurs in one breast. Feeling sharp, burning pain that occurs in one breast area. Occasionally, noncyclic pain may be caused by a fibroadenoma or cyst. If the cause of noncyclic pain can be identified, Treating the cause may relieve the pain.

Breast pain can become worse with the changes in your hormone levels or changes in medications you are taking. Stress can also affect breast pain. You are more likely to have breast pain before menopause than after menopause.

Does breast pain means breast cancer?

Pain in the breast pain is not a common symptom of breast cancer. However, sometimes painful lumps caused by breast cancer.

What should be done to eliminate breast pain.

By using nonprescription medicines such as:
* Acetaminophen, such as Tylenol or Panadol.
* Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen (Advil or Motrin), naproxen (Aleve or naprosyn), or aspirin (anacin, Bayer).
If you are pregnant or trying to get pregnant, ask your doctor's advice before using any medication. Do not take aspirin if you are younger than 20 because of the risk of Reye's syndrome.

Danazol, bromocriptine, and tamoxifen citrate is a drug used for treatment of severe cyclical breast pain. These drugs are rarely used because they have side effects.

* Using birth control pills, this may help reduce cyclic breast pain and breast swelling before periods. But breast pain is also known as side effects from birth control pills.
* Taking magnesium. Magnesium supplements taken in the second half cycle of menstruation, reduce cyclic breast pain and other premenstrual symptoms.
* Reduce dietary fat to 15% or less of your food intake is likely to reduce breast pain from time to time. A small study has shown that making this long-term buy diet changed significantly reduce pain.

How to prevent breast pain?

With sports bra will be very much help to you.

Breast Cancer Prevention Tips.

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:44:00 +0000

Breast cancer is the most frightening disease for women. As a result of breast cancer may lead to amputation of penis, can even cause death to the sufferer. But now researchers have a lot to know how to prevent, or at least reduce the risk of breast cancer. Some attempts to minimize the risk of breast cancer can be done Medically or natural (alternative therapies).

Prevention of natural ways are:

1. Raga playing regularly.
Exercise will lower levels of estrogen produced by the body to reduce the risk of breast cancer.
Regular aerobic exercise may offer some protection against the risk of women developing breast cancer. Research has found that women who performed with passion and often only half the possible non-Gym to get breast cancer, although perhaps other factors that play a role. Exercise also can help women with breast cancer better tolerate the side effects of radiation or chemotherapy and may help promote more rapid recovery after surgery.

2. Never Too Mature Meat Cooking.
Meats cooked / baked produce carcinogenic compounds (amino heterocyclic). The longer cooked, the more these compounds are formed.
Fat in the diet can increase the risk of developing breast cancer and breast cancer, and fruits, vegetables, and grains can help to reduce the risk. It is recommended that 5 servings of fruits and vegetables are eaten every day and that replaced saturated fat with monounsaturated fats, found in olive oil or canola oil. That's a good idea to make the whole-milk dairy products, meat, and fried foods at high temperatures only occasionally treat than staples. You can turn your menu to sample different kinds of fruits and vegetables fresh and new dishes based on grains and legumes. In this way, you'll get plenty of fiber, along with vitamins and minerals thought to protect against breast cancer, especially vitamins A, C, D, and E, and calcium, selenium, and iodine.

3. Diet With Fruits and Vegetables.
Foods from plants contain anti-oxidants are high, including vitamins A, C, E and the mineral selenium, which can prevent cell damage that could be causing cancer.
Fat foods can increase the risk of developing breast cancer and breast cancer, and fruits, vegetables, and grains can help to reduce the risk. It is recommended that 5 servings of fruits and vegetables are eaten every day and that replaced saturated fat with monounsaturated fats, found in olive oil or canola oil. That's a good idea to make the whole-milk dairy products, meat, and fried foods at high temperatures only occasionally treat than staples. You can turn your menu to sample different kinds of fruits and vegetables fresh and new dishes based on grains and legumes. In this way, you'll get plenty of fiber, along with vitamins and minerals thought to protect against breast cancer, especially vitamins A, C, D, and E, and calcium, selenium, and iodine. Some doctors suggest that breast cancer patients take antioxidant supplements. In addition, alcoholic beverages should be avoided and weight should be avoided.
It is important to note that dietary measures are not sufficient to cope with risk factors for breast cancer other. Women who consume a healthy diet must obey remain to take preventive measures such as having regular mammograms.

4. Consumption of Anti-Oxidant Supplements.
Supplements can not replace fruits and vegetables, but an anti-oxidant formula could be a food additive that can prevent breast cancer.

5. Consumption of nuts.
In addition to soy, Fito-estrogen is also present in other species of nuts.

6. Avoid alcohol.
Many studies have shown that the more alcohol consumed, the risk of breast cancer increased because of alcohol increases estrogen levels in the blood.

7. Bask in the sun.
A little sunlight can help prevent breast cancer, because at the time the sun on the skin, the body make vitamin D. Vitamin D helps absorb calcium breast tissue, thereby reducing the risk of breast cancer.

8. No Smoking.

9. Routine To Breastfeed Your Child.
For reasons still unclear, breastfeeding associated with reduced risk of breast cancer before menopause.

Perform tests on your breast to find early symptoms:

Do your breast exam at least once a month, done after three to five days after your menstrual period ends. Zen a family history of breast cancer.consultation with your doctor about when you should have your first mammogram.

Your use of contraceptives, ask your doctor about the pros and cons pills of birth control.

If you are close to menopause, ask your doctor if you should use hormone replacement therapy to treat menopausal symptoms. Research shows that hormone replacement, especially with combination therapy of estrogen and progestin or estrogen with prolonged use, can increase the risk of breast cancer. You and your doctor can make this decision based on the risk of breast cancer.

Tamoxifen and raloxifene, has been shown to reduce the risk of breast cancer. Risks and benefits of using drugs such as tamoxifen and raloxifene should be discussed with your doctor.

Herceptin

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:43:00 +0000

Herceptin is a monoclonal antibody of the world's first and only drug approved by the FDA for the indication of breast cancer with HER2 over-expression or HER2 positive status.

Is HER2?

* HER2 is a protein produced by a gene that potentially cause cancer. These proteins act as antennas that receive signals to cancer cells spread is quick and deadly.

* Approximately 20-30% of women with breast cancer are HER2.

* The presence of HER2 associated with the course of the disease that gets worse and the time of recurrence is much faster at all stages of breast cancer development, thus becomes an important thing for patients who have been diagnosed with breast cancer to check their HER2 status .

Herceptin can be used by using several different ways:

* Part of the treatment regimen including doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, and either paclitaxel or docetaxel
* With docetaxel and carboplatin
* As a single agent with multi-modality anthracycline-based therapy

Herceptin in combination with paclitaxel is approved for first-line treatment of HER2-overexpressing metastatic breast cancer. Herceptin as a single agent is approved for the treatment of HER2-overexpressing breast cancer in patients who have received one or more chemotherapy regimens for metastatic disease.

HER2 test - Newest Recommendations for Breast Cancer Therapy

New types of tests also include tests for tumor HER2 gene. HER2 positive patients say if the tumor is found in large amounts of HER2. Cancer with HER2-positive is known as an aggressive form of breast cancer and has an estimated course of the disease is worse than patients with HER2-negative. An estimated one in four to five patients with late stage breast cancer have HER2-positive.

Medical Therapy

* Trastuzumab is an antibody designed to target and inhibit the function of HER2, a protein found in large numbers on the surface of some breast cancer cells. Trastuzumab also stimulates the immune system to destroy cancer cells. This is the first antibody-based drugs used to treat breast cancer, a cancer most often diagnosed in women.

* Treatment with Trastuzumab has led to improved response, Life Expectancy is higher and the quality of life better among women with late stage breast cancer. Clinical studies have evaluated women who received Trastuzumab in combination with chemotherapy and as a single drug to those who have been resistant to treatment.

* Trastuzumab provides lighter side effects than standard chemotherapy, where patients experienced mild to moderate symptoms such as chills and fever, especially happens with the first infusion. Trastuzumab is only interfere with the growth of breast cancer cells specifically, and does not interfere with healthy cells including blood cells and immune cells.

Herceptin treatment can lead to heart problems, including that no symptoms or a decline in cardiac function and people with symptoms of congestive heart failure. The risk of heart problems and all of this is highest in those who received Herceptin and certain types of chemotherapy such as anthracycline. Doctors can stop the use of Herceptin in the event of a significant decline in cardiac function.
Before the first dose should be given Herceptin Monitored decline in cardiac function, it is often done while receiving Herceptin and after your last dose received Herceptin. If you have permanently or temporarily stop Herceptin due to a heart problem, you should be Monitored more frequently. In a study with Herceptin and certain types of chemotherapy, an inadequate blood supply to the heart occurs.

In some patients have a serious infusion reactions and lung problems; fatal infusion reactions have been reported. In most cases, these reactions occurred during or within 24 hours after receiving Herceptin. You Herceptin infusion should be temporarily stopped if you have shortness of breath or very low blood pressure. Your doctor will monitor you until these symptoms go. If you have a severe allergic reaction, swollen Lungs, pneumonia, or severe shortness of breath, your doctor may have to actually stop the Herceptin treatment.

Low deterioration can occur in white blood cell counts associated with chemotherapy also occurs.

Herceptin can cause low amniotic fluid levels and harm the fetus when taken by a pregnant woman.

The most common side effects associated with Herceptin were fever, nausea, vomiting, infusion reactions, diarrhea, infections, increased cough, headache, fatigue, shortness of breath, rashes, low white-cell and red blood cells, and muscle aches.

What is HER2? - HER2 + Breast Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:40:00 +0000

In HER2 positive breast cancer, increasing the amount of HER2 protein found on the surface of tumor cells. This is known as' HER2 Positivity. "High levels of HER2 found in malignant forms of this disease is much less respond to chemotherapy. Research shows that HER2 Positivity Affects approximately 20-30 percent of women with breast cancer.

HER2 positive breast cancer, which Affects approximately 20-30 percent of women with breast cancer, demands immediate attention because the tumor grew rapidly and likely to recur. These results provide the first evidence that adding a third in the first chemotherapy regimen most commonly used of Herceptin and taxane provide great additional benefits for patients with malignant forms of this disease. This drug combination was also generally well received. Approximately 25% of breast cancer patients who had HER2 + tumors. HER2 stands for human epidermal growth factor receptor. This is very important to know whether the cancer HER2 status. This is because the HER2 + tumors tend to grow and spread faster than tumors that are not HER2 +. In addition, treatment of HER2 + breast cancer is different from breast cancer treatment is not HER2

"Patients with HER2 positive breast cancer is usually advanced stage has a bad prognosis because their cancers are not always respond well to standard chemotherapy regiman," said Dr Andrew Wardley, principal investigator of the study and Consultant Medical Hospital oncologist from Christie Hospital in England. "We must continue to assess the potential benefits of treatment and combination therapy treatment to find a better option for patients. These results show some Encouraging signs that triple combination therapy, and follow-up beyond this study and other studies will help us continue to investigate its potential. "

The HER2 proteins, also called the HER2 receptor, found on the surface of some normal cells in the body. In normal cells, HER2 proteins help send growth signals from outside the cell into the cell. These signals tell the cell to grow and divide.

In HER2 + breast cancer, cancer cells have abnormally high number of HER2 genes per cell. When this happens, too much HER2 protein appears on the surface of cancer cells are. It's called too much HER2 protein. Too much HER2 protein is thought to cause the cancer cells grow and divide more quickly. This is why HER2 + breast cancer is considered aggressive.

Factors Cause Breast Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:39:00 +0000

The cause of breast cancer until now Clearly not yet known, but the most Influencing factors of breast cancer are age and family history of breast cancer once. Will increase the risk for women who have benign breast lumps and will increase significantly for a woman who previously suffered from breast or ovarian cancer.

Women who have a mother, sister, or daughter had breast cancer is two to three times greater risk of breast cancer. Researchers have identified two genes responsible for some cases of breast cancer, called BRCA1 families and BRCA2.Â About one in 200 women carry. After the gene predisposes women to breast cancer, but does not guarantee that he'll get it.

Age
Women aged over 50 years have 77% risk of breast cancer than younger women, and African-American women more at risk for getting breast cancer before menopause Caucasions.

Women's greater exposure to the hormone estrogen, the more vulnerable to breast cancer. Estrogen tells cells to divide, the more the cells divide, the more likely they will be normal in some ways, may become cancerous.

Menstrual History
Menstrual history was also an important role to be wary of this cancer attack.
The length of time the average menstrual cycle, women who are at risk for breast cancer increases if he had started menstruating before age 12 years, having first child after age 30 years, stopped menstruating after the age of 55 years, or have shorter menstrual cycles or more longer than the average normal is between 26-29 days.

Alcohol
Drinking alcohol regularly are more than two drinks a day may cause breast cancer

Weight Loss
Obesity that occurs after menopause can trigger breast cancer, for women should maintain body weight with a balanced diet and regular.
Obesity is a risk factor that must be considered. Many studies have shown that women are a high-fat diets are more likely to get the disease. A woman lowered daily calories from fat - to less than 20% -30% - her diet can help protect against breast cancer.

Osteoporosi medicine Evista for Breast Cancer Prevention

noreply@blogger.com (rudi) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:37:00 +0000

There are 2 kinds of drugs have been officially approved by the Food and Drug Administration to help protect women at high risk of breast cancer is tamoxifen (nolvadex) and raloxifene (Evista).

Studies that examine the effect of tamoxifen and raloxifene, showed that tamoxifen and raloxifene may reduce breast cancer incidence in a similar way. When tamoxifen and raloxifene increase a woman's risk for blood clots, the observed increase is smaller with raloxifene. Raloxifene is also associated with a lower risk of womb cancer and hysterectomy for reasons that are not cancerous than tamoxifen. the conclusion that tamoxifen is more effective than raloxifene in preventing the development of early cancers that are not invasive.

Evista
Evista is currently used by about half a million women in the United States to prevent and treat osteoporosis, or thinning bones. Previous researchers have observed lower rates of breast cancer in women taking Evista than the general population.

Drug Evista (raloxifene) is a big beneficial for postmenopausal women at high risk of breast cancer.
Raloxifene is a second SERMs approved by the FDA. This drug has been approved for use in preventing osteoporosis in women after menopause. The data suggest that raloxifene, like tamoxifen, can reduce the Chances of developing breast cancer in women at high risk. Unlike tamoxifen, raloxifene does not stimulate cells from the womb, Evista apparently carrying fewer risks of side effects, with lower rates of cervical cancer and clotting problems seen in women who take tamoxifen Evista.

Note the data from the effects of raloxifene in women before menopause is not available, and it is a potential teratogen, which means that raloxifene can cause damage to the fetus development. Therefore limited the use of raloxifene in women after menopause and is not recommended to use the women pregnant at the age child.

Tamoxifen

Tamoxifen has actually long been used to help fight breast cancer. In 1998, the FDA approved tamoxifen for use by women who do not have breasts cancerbut are at high risk of disease.

Some cells have the characteristics of breast cancer are sensitive to estrogen, meaning they have what is called estrogen receptor or estrogen sensitive cells stimulation and require estrogen to grow and divide. But estrogen must bind themselves to receptors of the cancer cells to stimulate them. Estrogen binds to receptors is the same as putting a key into a Keyhole. Tamoxifen stop activities of estrogen on cancer cells with receptors Occupied, so preventing estrogen from binding themselves into the receptors. With help from the cells of estrogen-sensitive cancer cells, estrogen stop the growth and multiplication of these cells. Tamoxifen is given in larger doses or higher may also have the ability that can cause cell death of breast cancer cells that are not estrogen sensitive.

Tamoxifen has been used to treat both cancer-early-stage breast cancer and who have continued. This drug has proved beneficial in women who have had cancer in one breast in reducing the possibilities of developing breast cancer in both.

Tamoxifen behaves like an element of anti-estrogen on breast tissue, he worked as a weak of estrogen in the bones. And, tamoxifen has some benefit in preventing fracture / broken bones due to osteoporosis in women who have had the menopause.

Tamoxifen also reduces Cysts-Cysts (Cysts) and lump-lumps (lumps) in the breast-breast, especially in younger women. Cysts-Cysts and lumps, bumps make early detection with fewer Examinations and mammogram, breast mammogram easier. Use of these drugs only in Situations of extreme and not an approved use.
Tamoxifen showed a reduced risk of breast cancer, non-invasive (lobular carcinoma in situ and ductal carcinoma in situ), but there was no reduction in risk for the condition with Evista.

And prevention of breast cancer Mastectomy
What's your choice?

Preventive or prophylactic mastectomy is the removal of one or both breasts are operating on women who have moderate to high risk of developing breast cancer. Studies have shown that this technique reduces the possibility of a woman developing breast cancer up to 90%. Because a small amount of breast tissue may be left in the chest wall, armpits, or even in the stomach after a mastectomy, it is impossible to completely prevent the development of breast cancer by prophylactic mastectomy. The women often choose to get reconstruction of the breast-surgery breast during breast surgery. It is very important for a woman considering preventive mastectomy has an honest discussion with her doctor regarding the risk of cancer, treatments options available, and the complications and implications of the potential of operation before making a decision.

Risks and side effects of tamoxifen

One of the risks of tamoxifen is the development of womb cancer. but the risk of developing womb cancer as a whole is very small, in the NSABP-P1 trial, more women who received tamoxifen developed cancer of the womb in women who received placebo.

In women aged above 50 years who received tamoxifen had a slightly increased risk to develop blood clots in the veins in the leg veins. These blood clots can sometimes come off and running, causing obstruction to the blood vessels in the Lungs, called pulmonary embolism. Symptoms of pulmonary embolism are shortness of breath, chest pain, and sometimes shock. Several studies have also reported an increased risk of stroke in patients who received tamoxifen.

Side effects other than tamoxifen, including weight gain, hot (hot flashes), came irregular menstruation, vaginal dryness, and a small increase of the risk of cataracts, cataracts. effects - this side effect depends on the age group being studied.