Wednesday 4 November 2009


If you are diagnosed with breast cancer, treatment usually starts with surgical diagnosis. In general, there are two components to function: 1) chest, and 2) axillary) (armpit.

In the chest, there are two possibilities: 1) lumpectomy (removal of) the standard of cancer and some surrounding tissue, or 2), mastectomy (removal) of the breast.

Only a quarter of a century, almost all patients had mastectomy, even though breast cancer is low. But in recent decades has shown that for small tumors, lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy is as good as mastectomy. Well,  little  is a relative concept. The goal of lumpectomy is that the breast will still look like a breast, after all processing done. In a small chest, a  small  Cancer can take an important part of the chest. Lumpectomy May appropriate result in this case, an unacceptable cosmetic result and the patient may actually prefer the plastic surgery with mastectomy with reconstruction. Another factor is the number of breast cancers.
At the same time as breast surgery, surgery for invasive axillary (or penetration) performed on breast cancer, and in some cases, DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ). This is to determine whether the cancer has spread to lymph nodes in the armpit. In general, there are two possibilities: 1) resection of sentinel lymph nodes, or 2), axillary lymph node dissection. In sentinel node biopsy, the surgeon Lymphatic maps of breast cancer in the lymph node that first receives lymph nodes, ie, the sentinel lymph node (s). Few (1-3) nodes then removed in general. The anatomy of the axillary lymph nodes were resected more often 8-25. Sentinel node biopsy is a good option for small early stage cancer that is unlikely to spread to the armpit. If the suspicion of cancer in lymph nodes is already high, carried a full axillary lymph node dissection.

These are only general guidelines. There are two patients with breast cancer are very similar, and therefore the decision-making process is different and unique for each person. Regardless of the other advice, you should choose, you personally will be able to live with this for the rest of your life.

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