Treatment for Breast Cancer

· Conventional Medical Treatment for Breast Cancer

Executive summary by Robbin Brain

Current statistics report that one woman in nine will get breast cancer in her lifetime. Men rarely develop breast cancer.

Heredity plays a large role in determining a woman's risk for breast cancer. A lump or thickening in the breast or the tissue surrounding the breast

Tenderness in the breast

Your doctor physically examines your breasts and takes a mammogram, or breast X-ray. During breast cancer surgery, lymph nodes from the underarm are removed and examined for the presence of cancer cells. Hormone therapy is another common method of treating breast cancer.

· New Treatment Options For Breast Cancer

Executive summary by Mars Sente

Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy consists of the administration of drugs that kill cancer cells or prevent them from growing. There are three different strategies are used in chemotherapy for breast cancer:

Adjuvant chemotherapy, "this is given to patients who have undergone curative treatment for breast cancer, such as radiation or surgery. To reduce the possibility of the recurrence of breast cancer, this treatment is given.

Regular chemotherapy, "this is usually the people who have breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast or the environment local area.

Tamoxifen treatment of breast cancer
Women who are genetically at high risk of developing breast cancer may benefit from tamoxifen as it has previously been seen in reducing the incidence of the disease. Raloxifene, used to treat osteoporosis, is being studied for the treatment of breast cancer.

It can be used to treat breast cancer and the prevention of breast cancer. Fulvestrant treatment of breast cancer
Another treatment, Fulvestrant has recently been approved in the U.S.. Monoclonal breast cancer treatment
Another treatment known as monoclonal antibodies is that they are antagonistic against the proteins, which are in or around the cancer cells. Preventive or prophylactic mastectomies
More and more women who are at high risk of developing breast cancer are taking preventive or prophylactic mastectomies to avoid developing breast cancer.

The main risk factors for women to develop breast cancer are age, sex and genetics.

· Alternative Treatment and Herbal Medicines For Breast Cancer

Executive summary by Robbin Brain

Cancer requires scrupulous medical and surgical treatment. Herbalists have long recommended tropical periwinkle to treat breast cancer and other malignancies. Nutrition Therapy

Other nutrition therapists and some naturopaths may recommend extreme macrobiotic and other restricted, low calorie diets for breast cancer patients. Self Treatment

Under the best of circumstances, a diagnosis of breast cancer is psychologically devastating. Joining a support group such as the American Cancer Society's Reach to Recovery program, or simply talking to women who have recovered from breast cancer, can be reassuring. If arm swelling still occurs, talk to your doctor about wearing an elastic sleeve to reduce swelling and improve lymph flow. Other Causes of Breast Symptoms

Benign fibrocystic breast lumps are also exceedingly common. Nursing mothers often develop mastitis, a bacterial breast infection.