Treatment for early breast cancer
Breast surgery may be to preserve the breast or to remove the entire breast and subsequently reconstruct it.
Every breast cancer is invasive cancer within the breast (less than 5 cm). Also, it may or may not spread to the lymph nodes in the breast or armpits. The goal of treating early breast cancer is to remove only the cancerous tumor with the goal of keeping the breast intact without removing it.
Treatment for early breast cancer may include the following
* Breast Surgery
* Chemotherapy
* Radio Therapy
* Targeted Therapy
* Hormone Therapy.
Breast surgery may be to preserve the breast or to remove the entire breast and subsequently reconstruct it. Radiation therapy after breast augmentation surgery can be of great benefit to most women with early breast cancer as soon as possible to remove the entire breast. Surgery involves the removal of the lymph nodes in the armpit.
The latest treatment is to have a sentinel lymph node examine the nodes in the armpit and perform a complete axillary dissection only if the node is positive. Chemotherapy - Chemotherapy for women with early breast cancer may reduce the risk of breast cancer recurring or spreading to other parts of the body. Chemotherapy may also increase the chances of recovering from breast cancer.
Other therapies are started only after chemotherapy treatment. Radiation Therapy - Often for women with early breast cancer, after breast augmentation surgery, radiation therapy is always recommended. In some cases, radiation therapy is recommended after an overall breast augmentation treatment.
Hormone therapy - drugs are used to treat women with early breast cancer who have hormone receptors (hormone receptors) (estrogen and progesterone receptors) in their breast cancer cells. These can be used alone or in combination with other breast cancer treatments. The decision on whether to prescribe a treatment with hormone therapy and what hormone-based treatment to prescribe will depend on:
* Do breast cancer cells have hormone receptors?
* Has the woman reached the final stage of menstruation (menopause)?
Hormone treatments reduce the risk of recurrence of breast cancer (in the breast and other parts of the body). Some hormone therapies are also known to increase the chances of women with breast cancer recovering and surviving. Targeted therapy or biological therapy are drugs that can stop the growth of certain types of cancer cells. Trastuzumab is the most commonly used targeted treatment to treat early breast cancer. I.e. Herceptin injection against HER 2 receptors.
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