What is Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Besides a horde of other tests, diagnosis of breast cancer also speaks of two specialized blood tests for breast cancer, the results of which decide whether the breast cancer will respond to hormone therapy and/or targeted therapy with Herceptin, which incidentally are the two most successful therapies for breast [...]
Metastatic Breast Cancer and Recurrence. Breast cancer metastasis is defined as an invasive breast cancer which has spread beyond the breast. Metastatic breast cancer is also known as secondary breast cancer or advanced breast cancer. When the breast cancer spread occurs in several areas, it is called breast cancer metastases. Reading metastasis will give in [...]
What is Mastectomy. Mastectomy is partial or complete surgical removal of one or both the breasts. It is done to treat breast cancer and rarely some high risk breast cancer women and men choose to have it done prophylactically.
What is Lumpectomy. Lumpectomy is a surgical procedure to remove a tumor in the male or female breast, which could be benign or malignant – more commonly benign than malignant. Along with the breast tumor, some amount of surrounding normal breast tissue is also removed to ensure that no cancer is left behind and cause [...]
Breast Cancer Survival. Breast cancer survival rates have improved due to awareness, early diagnosis due to new screening procedures and newer treatments. Breast cancer survival is calculated as the average period (in months or years) for which 50% of the patients survived after treatment. It is also calculated as percentage of patients alive after 1,5,10 and [...]
What is Breast Screening. Breast screening refers to investigating a woman’s breasts for presence of any malignancy. In breast screening for cancer, certain investigations are carried out on an asymptomatic (without signs or symptoms) apparently healthy woman to detect whether she has breast cancer or not.
Breast Cancer Therapy. Breast cancer treatment has greatly improved over the years and consequently so have breast cancer survival statistics and we have only research to thank for. There are options for breast cancer therapy and the oncologist makes his choice of the treatment after evaluating the case based on the following.
What is BRCA. BRCA Gene testing for breast cancer is about identifying a cancer gene in a person through a blood test. BRCA Gene. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are a type of genes that give stability to the DNA in the cell and prevent mutation and uncontrolled growth of the cells. These BRCA genes are, therefore called tumor [...]
Blood Tests for Breast Cancer. Blood tests for breast cancer serve the following purpose: Evaluate the general condition of the patient ti verify if he or she can withstand the treatment or even check for metastasis if any. Evaluate the condition of the specific organs to see if there is any spread of the cancer [...]
What is a Breast Biopsy. Breast biopsy is removal of breast tissue sample from the suspicious part of the breast. It is done after breast screening tests have shown some abnormality. This removed tissue is then prepared and examined under the microscope by a trained pathologist. He or she looks for any malignant cells in the [...]