Breast Cancer Treatment

When you are looking for a breast surgeon, you need to do your homework.  Most importantly, the doctor should be a board-certified oncological surgeon who is trained in general surgery as well as oncology or fellowship in oncological general surgery... Full Answer

Often, the decision about where you get treated will be driven by your choice of oncologist and/or surgeon. Or, you can focus your search from the other direction, which is finding a top hospital or cancer center first and then a top doctor at this... Full Answer

Cryoablation involves using extreme cold to freeze and destroy cancerous and benign tumors. This technique, if successful, may replace traditional surgeries for some women with cancerous tumors. The technique is currently under investigation in... Full Answer

The general objective of all hormone therapy is to block or remove the effects that your body’s  production of estrogen and progesterone is having on your cancer cells. There are different types of hormone therapy, and each works slightly... Full Answer

Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), also known as infiltrating ductal carcinoma, is cancer that begins growing in the breast duct and then invades the fatty tissue of the breast outside of the duct. IDC is the most common form of breast cancer, representing... Full Answer

Combining chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery has led to significant improvements in survival for women with inflammatory breast cancer (IBC). The exact treatment for IBC depends on the stage at diagnosis. Stage III: IBC that has not... Full Answer

The diagnostic tools and treatments available to women are also available to men. Breast cancer in men is diagnosed using mammography, ultrasound, and biopsy. Treatments include surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Full Answer

Breast cancer treatment is generally classified into local therapy and systemic therapy. Local therapy is what is done to the breast. Surgery and radiation therapy are examples of local therapy. Systemic therapy affects the whole body. In early,... Full Answer

Chemotherapy or hormonal therapies may be used as sole treatments, or they may be used in conjunction with other therapies for other patients. Adjuvant therapy is the use of these drugs after surgery to prevent the growth of cancer cells that may... Full Answer

Radiation therapy as part of breast-conserving therapy traditionally involves treatment of the whole breast, a process that takes six weeks. A boost to the primary site may be given at the end. Radiation starts 2 to 4 weeks following surgery.... Full Answer