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Breast cancer is the most common cancer afflicting women worldwide. It usually begins as a breast lump and then spreads to lymph nodes and other parts of the body such as lungs, liver, and bones. However, not all breast lumps are cancerous. The only reliable way to tell a benign lump from a cancerous one is medical examination of the breast tissue. Breast cancer can also occur in men but the number of such cases is small. Effective treatments are available for breast cancer if it is detected early. Seventy percent women survive more than five years after initial diagnosis, and fifty percent survive for more than 10 years.
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A Breast lump is a growth of tissue that develops within your breast
Pain in the breast
It is also called as Mastagia
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It is the examaintion of breast by self palpation.
Breast tenderness - Mastalgia
It is the pain in the breasts on palpation
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Community Questions on Breast cancer
Breast Cancer?!?!?
I am very concerened that I have breast cancer.
I am only 14 years old and I am told it is not common for someone so younge to have breast cancer. Is this true?
I am so confused to if these are symptoms:
One of the bumps around my nipple is brown.
On the part of the nipple a baby would suck on, there is a unusual shaped bump.
I think I may have breast dimpling. I have a few tiny red dots, is that dimpleing?
I have sore breasts but I am...
Breast Cancer?
Hello people, I am 14 years old.I recently felt a hard spot in my right breast. I am worried about it. Can it be cancer? I mean at such a little age?
Breast cancer??
Hey, I am 24 years . Since past few days i am feeling that my left breast has swollen and has become very sore. Is it anything serious? should i consult a doctor? Can it be cancer?
Breast Cancer????????
My Mother died of breast cancer when i was 10 so i cant remember much and she would not tell my family until she knew she was going to die. That was 3 years after we found out. Her whole Breast was hard as a rock. And then spread to the other one and then to the liver. Does anyone know what kind of breast cancer this is?
plus the doctors waited to long to remove it thats why it spread so bad. but my grandmother said that the type she had when...
breast cancer ?
Hi all i have heard that cancer is hereditry.My aunt is suffering from breast cancer,is there chance of getting it to me.Should i go for check up,are there chances to get it to me?
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Health Tips related to Breast cancer
Reduce risk of cancer
Eating fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin c or carotenoids is linked with a reduced risk of many cancers.
Protect against heart disease & cancer
Nutrient compounds called flavonoids have been found to be effective antioxidants that help protect against heart disease & cancer.
Benefits of carrot juice
Drinking carrot juice has a lot of benefits. It is good for the liver, tones the skin, lowers blood pressure, and helps in preventing cancer.
Vitamin C
Eating fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin c or carotenoids is linked with a reduced risk of many cancers.
Diet Tip for Healthy Heart
Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables. Healthy diets rich in fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of cancer,heart attack and other chronic diseases.
Drugs related to Breast cancer
Tamoxifen
Adjuvant treatment of axillary node-negative or node-positive breast cancer in women following total or segmental mastectomy, axillary dissection, and breast irradiation. Metastatic breast cancer in premenopausal women as an alternative to oophorectomy or ovarian irradiation (especially in wowen with estrogen-positive tumors). Advanced metastatic breast cancer in men. Investigational: Mastalgia, gynecomastia (to treat pain and size), prophylaxis of breast cancer in high-risk women, pancreatic carcinoma, advanced or recurrent endometrial and hepatocellular carcinoma
Docetaxel
Locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer in those who have progressed during anthracycline-based therapy or have relapsed during anthracycline-based adjuvant therapy.
Metastatic breast cancer where the disease has recurred despite adjuvant therapy
Melphalan
Multiple myeloma. Epithelial carcinoma of ovary (nonresectable). Use IV only when PO therapy is not appropriate. Investigational: Cancer of the breast and testes
Raloxifene
Raloxifene is an oral selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) that has oestrogenic actions on bone and anti-oestrogenic actions on the uterus and breast. Raloxifene is indicated for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, for reduction in risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, and for reduction in risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women at high risk for invasive breast cancer.
For either osteoporosis treatment or prevention, supplemental calcium and/or vitamin D should be added to the diet if daily intake is inadequate
It was announced on April 17, 2006, that raloxifene is as effective as tamoxifen in reducing the incidence of breast cancer in certain high risk groups of females, though with a reduced risk of thromboembolic events and cataracts in patients taking raloxifene versus those taking tamoxifen. On September 14, 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval of raloxifene for reducing the risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and in postmenopausal women at high risk for invasive breast cancer.
Megestrol Acetate
Tablets: Palliative treatment of advanced endometrial or breast cancer. Should not be used instead of chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery. Oral suspension: Treatment of anorexia, cachexia, or an unexplained, significant weight loss in clients with a diagnosis of AIDS
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