Treatment: breast cancer

In recent years, the number of oncological diseases, including breast cancer, has increased significantly. Often women turn to doctors already at the time of a greatly progressive disease, which sharply reduces the chances of recovery. At an early stage of the disease, breast cancer can be completely defeated. According to the latest statistics, more than 95% of women who turn to such cases are cured.

Suspicion of cancer development can be formed by self-examination of the breast or consultation with a doctor, but confirmation of this diagnosis is possible only after mammography or ultrasound examination and laboratory tests.

Treatment and cancer is a very important activity, therefore it requires immediate start of methods of local and systemic influences. Surgical surgery and radiotherapy have a local application. With hormone therapy, immunotherapy and chemotherapy drugs affect the whole body as a whole.

The type of treatment for is given depending on the size and development of the tumor, on the results of the tests performed. The overall health and age of the patient must be taken into account. Treatment with systemic methods takes a lot of time, at the very first stages up to three weeks, in more severe cases up to two months.

When is used for surgical operation , only the tumor itself and part of the healthy tissue localized around the tumor are removed at the initial stage. In more complex cases, remove either part of the breast, or the entire breast completely. If the tumor has a wide spread, then remove not only the breast, but also a part of the lymph nodes in the armpit and the muscle of the breast.

Radiation therapy is usually performed after the operation in order to minimize the possibility of repeated development of the tumor( the probability of its appearance decreases by 50-60%).With the use of modern equipment complications from the use of such therapy practically does not happen.

Cancer cells

Due to the fact that cancer cells can affect not only the breast, but also other organs, and it is difficult to diagnose this, almost all cancer patients are prescribed systemic treatment, for example, chemotherapy. This is a drug treatment method that kills cancer cells with the help of antitumor drugs - cytotoxins. In its essence, it is a powerful poison that acts not only on cancer cells, but also on the entire body. That is why himeoterapii have so many side effects. Nevertheless, there are advantages of such treatment. First of all - the impact on the entire body. Cancer cells can be everywhere, endangering any organ. Chemotherapeutic drugs are carried along with blood and destroy the danger, not allowing oncological disease to develop. The treatment lasts several days, then the body is given rest. During this time, healthy cells of the body manage to regain their strength, whereas cancer cells cope with regeneration much more slowly. After a few weeks, a second course destroys cancer cells even more.

Unfortunately, there are such types of cancer cells that have or acquire resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs. In this case, the use of one drug does not bring results. Then the treatment is continued with a complex of drugs, in particularly difficult cases, they are increased in dose.

Drugs

Chemotherapy drugs work on everyone in different ways when it comes to treatment, breast cancer. In young patients, they are more effective than in elderly patients. There is also a different susceptibility of drugs in people with different ethnic roots. At the moment, more than hundreds of medicines have been developed, which allows the physicians to choose exactly the one that will suit a particular patient.

Modern developments in the field of chemotherapy can significantly reduce side effects. Previously, breast treatment was accompanied by severe nausea and vomiting, which was extremely difficult for the patient. Currently, taking anti-emetic medication allows you to carry out the entire course of treatment, even being at home, and not to detach from everyday affairs. In this case, through a special portable mini-dropper solution is injected into the blood in regular doses, while the side effects are minimized. Preference is given to intravenous administration of drugs, since in other species it is impossible to calculate the exact amount of the drug absorbed.

Only the use of certain drugs leads to hair loss, which many patients are so afraid of. To prevent this, a method was recently developed and practically applied, using a cooling head helmet and a nail bandage. In this case, hair follicles and nail holes are protected and less exposed to chemotherapeutic agents.

Thus, modern chemotherapy brings much less unpleasant consequences than it was several years ago. In addition, it is the only method that can cope with certain types of cancer.

Another systemic treatment for cancer is hormone therapy .It is based on the fact that a certain hormone is required for the development and reproduction of normal tumor cells. If it is absent in the body, the cells do not multiply. Drugs used in this case, oppress the production of estrogens. However, the use of this therapy automatically transfers a woman during menopause and the consequences of this are already irreversible, so hormone therapy is not used among young women.

Because of low effectiveness, immunotherapy is rarely used, oncological cells multiply rapidly and can not cope with immunity. Recently, a huge number of scientists from all over the world have been given the decoding of the so-called "cancer gene."Successful clinical trials of a new immune preparation that was developed based on the results of this activity were carried out. So, the latest achievements inspire hope that the cancer will be defeated.

Nevertheless, you should not wait for this, and at the slightest suspicion of a breast tumor, you should consult your doctor.