BREAST CANCER

BREAST CANCER Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women .After lung cancer the second most fatal cancer in women. as the breast is composed of identical tissues in males and females, breast can also occur in males. and it is on a serious raise. it is one of the oldest known form of cancer tumors. A simple method to find whether breast cancer is there or not ?to feel with your fingers around nipples ,if there is a slight lump then you can suspect it is a breast cancer? The risk of getting breast cancer increases with the age of a person .Men can also develop breast cancer ,but risk is less than one in thousand peoples. the type of breast cancer that occurs in young people is inflammatory breast cancer .in this type the lump is not found and it can only detected through mammography or ultra sound .it shows signs of breast infection like mastitis . Persistently increasing blood levels of estrogen are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer ,as are increasing levels of androgens androstenedione and testosterone .increased blood levels of progesterone are associated with decreased risk of breast cancer.to detect the breast cancer it can be done by pathological examinations of removed breast tissues, several other procedures ,are there to detect breast cancer they are fine needle aspirations ,ductal lavage ,local surgical biopsy ,ductal lavage core needle biopsy, surgical biopsy .these are the methods of detecting breast cancer .After detection of lump it has to be removed by surgical process. Surgical removal of entire breast is called mastectomy.other surgical technique of santinel lymph node desection can be done, it is more popular in use,in this procedure of desection .The method involves removal of few lymph nodes, by which the patients have few side effects.Another method used in treating breast cancer is by radiation therapy . It consists of the use of high voltage or powered x-ray or gamma rays .The beam of x-ray light is transmitted in the lump of the breast .By which , the rays destroy the cancer cells ,this therapy is called radiation therapy. During and after treatment, the breast cancer patients needs a lot of emotional support . for their early recovery ,the patient should be given a lot of well balanced diet ,which contains proteins, vitamins eg, beta-carotene and vitamins c and e . Beta-carotene plays major role in diet which reduces the risk of cancer. Good diet, physical excercies, yoga, meditation ,always helps to keep away from these type of diseases.