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Breastb> cancer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Breastb> cancers detected by mammography are usually smaller than those detected clinically, and women who undergo mammography are more likely to be eligible for breastb>-conserving therapy.
The use of radiation therapy for breastb> cancer is usually given after surgery has been performed and is an essential component of breastb> conserving therapy.
The mainstay of breastb> cancer treatment is surgery when the tumor is localized, with possible adjuvant hormonal therapy (with tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor), chemotherapy, and/or radiotherapy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer (3033 words)



Breastb> Cancer Therapy

Very rarely, patients develop a breakdown of the skin, fractures of the sternum (breastbone) or such severe pain in the breastb> that surgery is needed for treatment.
Breastb> conservation therapy is used for patients with early-stage invasive breastb> cancers (called Stage I and Stage II in the classification system).
For patients treated initially for invasive breastb> cancer, 5 percent to 10 percent will be found to have distant metastases at the time of discovery of the breastb> recurrence.

http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/therapy/thera-breast.htm (2174 words)



Breastb> Cancer

The three major treatments of breastb> cancer are surgery, radiation, and drug therapy.
Breastb> cancer is either noninvasive (generally known as in situ, that is, confined to the site of origin) or invasive (spreading).
Because growth of breastb> tissue is highly sensitive to estrogens, the more a women is exposed to estrogen over her lifetime, the higher the risk for breastb> cancer.

http://www.reutershealth.com/wellconnected/doc06.html (11810 words)



Breastb> cancer information on risk factors, symptoms, detection, diagnosis, stages and treatment

Breastb> cancer affects more than 1,000 men in this country each year.
Breastb> cancer is not just one disease, but rather is a general term used to describe a number of different types of cancers which occur in the breastb>.
The majority of breastb> cancers begins in either the ducts or the lobules and cancer names are based on their site of origin (i.e., ductal carcinoma of the breastb> or lobular carcinoma of the breastb>).

http://www.medicinenet.com/breast_cancer/article.htm (1143 words)



Breastb> Cancer Information and Resources Oncolink

Breastb> cancer happens when cells in the breastb> begin to grow out of control and can then invade nearby tissues or spread throughout the body.
Breastb> cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American women behind lung cancer.
The breastb> is a collection of glands and fatty tissue that lies between the skin and the chest wall.

http://www.oncolink.org/types/article.cfm?c=3&s=5&ss=33&id=8320 (3477 words)



Breastb> Cancer

Breastb> cancer is very rare before age 20 and is rarely diagnosed in women younger than age 25.
However, with this technique, false negative diagnoses (in which a cancer may be missed) are possible some of the time, because of sampling error or the small number of cells examined or the nature of the lesion.
Breastb> biopsy is performed to remove a lesion and make a definitive diagnosis, if a malignancy has not been demonstrated by FNA but is still suspected, or if a lump is likely to be malignant.

http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/BREAST/BREAST.html (2415 words)



Inflammatory Breastb> Cancer- Health Encyclopedia and Reference

Inflammatory breastb> cancer is an uncommon type of breastb> cancer that accounts for 1 to 4 percent of all cases of the disease.
Inflammatory breastb> cancer invades the lymph vessels of the skin of the breastb> and blocks these vessels, resulting in a reddened appearance of the skin.
Surgical removal of the breastb> (mastectomy) is generally recommended along with radiation therapy to help control any cancer cells that may remain in the original tumor site.

http://www.drkoop.com/encyclopedia/43/593.html (600 words)



MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Breastb> cancer

Breastb> cancer is a malignant (cancerous) growth that begins in the tissues of the breastb>.
Stage IV breastb> cancer may be treated with surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, or a combination of these (depending on the situation).
Needle aspiration or needle biopsy of breastb> lumps can demonstrate if they are fluid-filled and provide material to send to the laboratory for analysis.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000913.htm (2804 words)



Breastb> Cancer Source - treatment information, awareness, research, facts & figures and more

Breastb> Cancer Source - treatment information, awareness, research, facts and figures and more

http://www.breastcancersource.com (22 words)



Y-ME National Breastb> Cancer Organization

Advocacy is communicating with your elected representatives about breastb> cancer issues and is a constructive outlet for frustration and pain felt by patients, survivors, families and friends.
Y-ME Hotline peer counselors answer calls about breastb> cancer ranging from “Am I going to die?” to “My wife was just diagnosed.” Read true stories written by Hotline peer counselors who provide 24/7 information and emotional support.
The Buehler Center on Aging, which is part of Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, is conducting a study to understand which health-related quality of life issues are relevant to breastb> cancer patients and how we can incorporate them into clinical practice.

http://www.y-me.org (358 words)



Symptoms and Diagnosis of Breastb> Cancer

When cancer is present, the pathologist can tell what kind of cancer it is (whether it began in a duct or a lobule) and whether it is invasive (has invaded nearby tissues in the breastb>).
In fact, when breastb> cancer first develops, there may be no symptoms at all.
Most often, they are not cancer, but only a doctor can tell for sure.

http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/930766829.html (755 words)



Detailed Breastb> Cancer Risk Calculator

Tamoxifen is a medicine that can reduce the risk of developing breastb> cancer in high risk women.
The NCI's Breastb> Cancer Risk Assessment Tool website has more decimal point accuracy (but only asks the first 6 questions).
This calculator uses the Gail model, and is a slightly less-than-perfect emulation of the NCI's Breastb> Cancer Risk Assessment Tool, but with the benefit of additional risk modifier questions added.

http://www.halls.md/breast/risk.htm (527 words)



WebMD Breastb> Cancer Health Center - Information on breastb> cancer symptoms and treatment options

Breastb> Cancer: What's New in Detection and Treatment -- Susan Love, MD -- 10/15/2003
Treatment Goals and Therapy Options in Metastatic Breastb> Cancer -- Harold J. Burstein, MD -- 04/22/03
The difference in the size of a woman's right and left breastb> just may predict her risk for developing breastb> cancer.

http://www.webmd.com/diseases_and_conditions/breast_cancer.htm (283 words)



Breastb> cancer

Breastb> cancer, which is highly treatable by surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy, is most often curable when detected in early stages.
The International Breastb> Cancer Study Group (IBCSG) trials VI and VII also varied the timing of radiation therapy with CMF adjuvant chemotherapy.[ 62 ] These studies showed that delays in radiation therapy after surgery from 2 to 7 months had no effect on the rate of local recurrence.
The second analysis, of 54,617 breastb> cancer patients reported to the Swedish Cancer Registry, revealed a higher mortality due to myocardial infarction in women with cancers of the left breastb> versus cancers of the right breastb> (relative risk=1.09, 95% confidence interval, 1.02-1.17).[ 103 ][Level of evidence: 3iB] No overall mortality differences were seen.

http://www.meds.com/pdq/breast_pro.html (283 words)



Breastb> Cancer Risk Assessment Tool

This Breastb> Cancer Risk Assessment Tool has been designed for a health professional to project an individual patient's estimate of invasive breastb> cancer risk.
It is only part of the complex discussion regarding a woman's options in reducing her risk of breastb> cancer.
This tool uses statistical methods applied to data from the Breastb> Cancer Detection and Demonstration Project, a mammography screening project conducted in the 1970s.

http://bcra.nci.nih.gov/brc (118 words)



Breastb> cancer

Cancer that begins in the lobes or lobules is called lobular carcinoma and is more often found in both breasts than are other types of breastb> cancer.
The choice of treatment and prognosis (chance of recovery) depend on the stage of the cancer (whether it is in the breastb> only or has spread to other places in the body), the type of breastb> cancer, certain characteristics of the cancer cells, and whether the cancer is found in the other breastb>.
Inflammatory breastb> cancer is an uncommon type of breastb> cancer in which the breastb> is warm, red, and swollen.

http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cancernet/200013.html (118 words)



Breastb> Cancer Research

We are grateful for our referees' help in ensuring Breastb> Cancer Research's authors receive prompt, thorough and constructive feedback on their work.
This series looks at the current breastb> cancer trials being undertaken by the world's major clinical research groups.
Understanding endocrine resistance: the critical need for sequential samples from clinical breastb> cancer and novel in vitro models

http://breast-cancer-research.com (452 words)



Inflammatory Breastb> Cancer

IBC is a less common type of breastb> cancer which usually presents with signs and symptoms that more closely resemble a benign breastb> infection like Mastitis than a serious presentation of breastb> cancer.
IBC patients and their friends and relatives and medical professionals can have their questions answered, view valuable information about this disease and communicate with each other on the IBC Forum.
IBC patients and their friends and relatives and medical professionals belong to a very helpful IBC e-mail list where they can share information and emotional support from each other.

http://www.ibchelp.org (452 words)



Breastb> Cancer Resources Directory - CancerIndex

Breastb> Cancer Think Tank This is a Special Interest Group of the National Institutes of Health.
Breastb> Cancer Awareness Web Ring a web ring linking to sites for breastb> cancer awareness including treatment, self exams, mammography and personal stories.
Breastb> Cancer Metastases to Bone (bonetumor.org) a summary with radiology images and pathology slides.

http://www.cancerindex.org/clinks3.htm (452 words)



National Cancer Institute - What You Need To Know About Breastb> Cancer

cancer.* Breastb> cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in this country (other than skin cancer).
However, more specific information about breastb> cancer in men is available on NCI's Web site at http://www.cancer.gov and from NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER.
Scientists are studying breastb> cancer to find out more about its causes.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/breast (333 words)



www.patientcenters.com -- Welcome to Patient-Centered Guides Breastb> Cancer Center

Glossary of terms used in the diagnosis and treatment of metastatic breastb> cancer.
If you are keeping up with all breastb> cancer research, ACOR (Association of Cancer Online Resources) now has a search feature to scan the MedLine literature for recent additions in a particular disease type.
The Symposium is the largest annual medical conference dedicated solely to research on breastb> cancer.

http://www.patientcenters.com/breastcancer (429 words)



Cancer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article

Radiation therapy may be used to treat almost every type of solid tumor, including cancers of the brain, breastb>, cervix, larynx, lung, pancreas, prostate, skin, spine, stomach, uterus, or soft tissue sarcomas.
Fruit and vegetable consumption have generally been found in epidemiologic studies to be associated with reduced risk for a number of different cancers; however, it is not currently known which specific components of fruits and vegetables are responsible for the observed associations or if healthy diets are simply associated with other beneficial interventions, e.g., exercise.
While understanding of cancer has (Click link for more info and facts about increased exponentially) increased exponentially since the last decades of the 20th century, radically new therapies are only discovered and introduced gradually.

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/c/ca/cancer.htm (5255 words)



Breastb> Cancer: Online Reference For Health Concerns

Inflammatory breastb> cancer (IBC) is a rare and aggressive form of invasive breastb> cancer that is usually not detected by mammograms or ultrasounds.
This is not an unfounded fear when considering that, except for lung cancer, breastb> cancer is the most common cancer found in women, accounting for one of every three diagnoses.
Carcinoma in situ is referred to as precancerous condition because it can increase the risk of developing cancer.

http://www.lef.org/protocols/prtcl-022.shtml (5255 words)



CancerLynx - We Prowl The Net

She knew that breastb> cancer was nothing to be ashamed of and that talking about it made more sense than keeping silent.
I was treated for breastb> cancer in 1996 and I've been on the staff of the Ithaca Breastb> Cancer Alliance (IBCA) since 2000.
When a breastb> lump is found on a mammogram or during a breastb> exam, the doctor will want to determine if it's cancer or a benign condition such as a cyst.

http://www.cancerlynx.com (5255 words)



Inflammatory Breastb> Cancer Survivor - Lydia

He explained to me that the other breastb> did not have cancer in it and that "Whatever time you have left on this dear earth, is already decided by this breastb> with cancer." I asked him what the procedure would be if I did in fact get cancer in my other breastb> later on.
Larry asks, "So do you think there are women out there who have breastb> cancer right now and are unaware of it?" "Oh yes," replies the doctor, "probably hundreds." I think to myself.
Its as though I was thinking I had had a choice between cancers and chose colon cancer because it was less obvious.

http://www.ibcsurvivors.org/lydia.html (5255 words)



Breastb> Cancer Prevention

This site offers you the opportunity to obtain credible information on clinical trial research and to assess your chances of getting breastb> cancer.
The BCPT included more than 13,000 women at increased risk for breastb> cancer and demonstrated the value of the drug tamoxifen in reducing the incidence of the disease in this population.
The second prevention trial, STAR, is one of the largest breastb> cancer prevention studies ever untaken.

http://www.breastcancerprevention.org (208 words)



Cancer - National Breastb> and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) - Breastb> Cancer and Cervical Cancer

Breastb> cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American women, except for skin cancer.
Visit Gynecologic Cancer Awareness for more information about gynecologic cancer.
Visit Cervical Cancer Awareness for information about cervical cancer and the NBCCEDP’s history, partnerships, and research activities.

http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/nbccedp (764 words)



Breastb> Cancer Links

Breastb> Cancer is the most common form of cancer in women in this country.
-Reach to Recovery is a program of the American Cancer Society which has been helping patients with breastb> cancer cope with their diagnosis, treatment, and recovery since 1952, when Terese Lasser began survivor-to-patient outreach and support.
In 1999, it is estimated that 1,300 men will be diagnosed with breastb> cancer, and 400 will die from it...

http://www.cancerlinks.com/breast.html (764 words)



Inflammatory Breastb> Cancer, Cancer Facts 6.2

Inflammatory breastb> cancer is an uncommon type of breastb> cancer in which breastb> cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin of the breastb>.
The diagnosis of inflammatory breastb> cancer is based on the results of the biopsy and the doctors clinical judgment.
A woman with inflammatory breastb> cancer usually has local treatment to remove or destroy the cancer in the breastb> and systemic treatment to control or kill cancer cells that may have spread to other parts of the body.

http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/6_2.htm (764 words)



Types of Breastb> Cancer - Treatment - Stages

You might want to scream, run or simply bury your head in the sand when bombarded with gobbledegook such as pre-invasive breastb> cancer, ductal carcinoma in situ, metastases and Stage IIIB invasive cancer.
This is when cancer cells are found inside the milk ducts or milk sacs (known as the lobules) of the breastb> but they haven’t broken through to the surrounding tissue.
Health professionals, unsurprisingly, have come up with some confusing classification of the different types and stages of breastb> cancer and for those who’ve just been diagnosed all the cumbersome medical terminology can be at best bewildering and at worst completely unintelligible.

http://www.breast-cancer.link.br.com (764 words)

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