SURGRY AND BREAST CANCER TREATMENT AND BREAST CANCER TREATMENT AND PREVENTION

There are various forms of breast cancer surgery, treatment, and prevention methods. A few of them are listed below.

1) Simple mastectomy
2) Radical mastectomy or halted radical mastectomy
3) Lumpectomy
4) Prophylactic mastectomy
5) Modified radical mastectomy

SIMPLE MASTECTOMY
Simple mastectomy is a surgery that only the breast cancer is removed.

HALTED RADICAL MASTECTOMY
Radical mastectomy is a surgery that involves the removal of the breast tissue and the muscles surrounding the breast and nearby lymph nodes.

LUMPECTOMY
This surgery removes only the cancerous regions of the breast. This surgery is usually accompanied by radiation therapy. Lumpectomy helps the patient avoid the physical and emotional trauma of removing the complete breast. But this surgery carries with it a risk that all the cancerous cells may not have being removed.

PROPHYLACTIC MASTECTOMY
In this surgery surgeons remove both breasts before any sign of breast cancer is detected. This is done to remove the vulnerable tissue before cancer can emerge.

MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY
This surgery removes major parts of the cancerous cells and the complete breast affected by cancer along with certain lymph nodes under the arm and the chest muscle lining is also removed by this surgery.

After breast cancer surgery, to kill any cancer cell that remains treatments such as chemotherapy, hormone therapy of radiation therapy. This treatment helps to prevent the re-occurrence of breast cancer in the patient.

CHEMOTHERAPY
Chemotherapy treatment is accomplished by using chemical agents to treat diseases, infections or order disorders especially cancer. Chemotherapy alone or in the combination with other forms of therapy, has achieved significant results against breast cancer ovary and bladder cancer.
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