Treatment choices by stage
Your treatment options depend on the stage of your disease and these factors:
· The size of the tumor in relation to the size of your breast
· The results of lab tests (such as whether the breast cancer cells need hormones to grow)
· Whether you have gone through menopause
· Your general health
Below are brief descriptions of common treatments for each stage. Other treatments may be appropriate for some women. Clinical trials can be an option at all stages of breast cancer.
Stage 0
Stage 0 breast cancer refers to lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS):
Stages I, II, IIIA, and operable IIIC
Women with Stage I, II, IIIA, and operable (can treat with surgery) IIIC breast cancer may have a combination of treatments. Some may have breast-sparing surgery followed by radiation therapy to the breast. This choice is common for women with Stage I or II breast cancer. Others decide to have a mastectomy.
Stages IIIB and inoperable IIIC
Women with Stage IIIB (including inflammatory breast cancer) or inoperable Stage IIIC breast cancer usually have chemotherapy. (Inoperable cancer means it cannot be treated with surgery.)
If the chemotherapy shrinks the tumor, the doctor then may suggest further treatment:
Breast-sparing surgery
Radiation therapy instead of surgery
Stage IV
support for women with breast cancer
Learning you have breast cancer can change your life and the lives of those close to you. These changes can be hard to handle. It is normal for you, your family, and your friends to have many different and sometimes confusing feelings.
You may worry about caring for your family, keeping your job, or continuing daily activities. Concerns about treatments and managing side effects, hospital stays, and medical bills are also common. Doctors, nurses, and other members of the health care team can answer questions about treatment, working, or other activities. Meeting with a social worker, counselor, or member of the clergy can be helpful if you want to talk about your feelings or concerns. Often, a social worker can suggest resources for financial aid, transportation, home care, or emotional support.
Friends and relatives can be very supportive. Also, you may find it helps to discuss your concerns with others who have cancer. Women with breast cancer often get together in support groups to share what they have learned about coping with their disease and the effects of their treatment. It is important to keep in mind, however, that each woman is different. Ways that one woman deals with cancer may not be right for another. You may want to ask your health care provider about advice you receive from other women with breast cancer.
Several organizations offer special programs for women with breast cancer. Women who have had the disease serve as trained volunteers. They may talk with or visit women with breast cancer, provide information, and lend emotional support. They often share their experiences with breast cancer treatment, breast reconstruction, and recovery.
You may be afraid that changes to your body will affect not only how you look but also how other people feel about you. You may worry that breast cancer and its treatment will affect your sexual relationships. Many couples find it helps to talk about their concerns. Some find that counseling or a couples' support group can be helpful.
5 comments:
its to hard if someone get this cancer but friends and relatives can give some support for them.
in my opinion..we can give a gud support to them to continue their live n to prevent that cancer...
A third of the cancer affected by humans can be prevented. Each individual must learn how to prevent cancer. Among the methods of prevention are:
a. Practice healthy living, less fat intake, get the ideal body weight, not smoking, not drinking alcoholic beverages, not sexual practices and other random.
b. Do pap smear test to prevent cervical cancer.
c. Perform breast self-examination and screening tests (for specific age groups) to prevent and detect early stage breast cancer
d. Surgery organs that produce very high risk for cancer like gland ovarike on women who have ovarian cancer descendants.
e. Prakanser treat the stage before the occurrence of cancer.
every cancer can be prevent if we know how 2 do it n if we have a spirit 2 pevent it..
the person who have this cancer must be stress and how they can get the spirit?
saiyidah..actually we can't avoid they got a stress but we can help with a spirit from us.how..??we can give our support to them..explain that it's not the end of our life..
second..we can invite they to join other program to help them to forget their disease..other than that we must remind them that we still support them whatever they do it..
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