Specialized Clinic of Breast Cancer Clinic

The Breast cancer clinic performs specific standard and advanced measures for the diagnosis and treatment of this serious disease in women. The clinic carries out numerous tests so as to learn the breast cancer’s state. The procedure of diagnosis comprises blood test, Mammogram, Breast MRI, Bone Scan and CT and PET scan. The Doctor shall ask the patient for symptoms that will determine the relative tests to be undertaken. Upon diagnosis, the essential treatment follows, depending on the stage of the disease.

What is Breast Cancer?

Breast cancer is an accumulation or a lump of cells that form a malignant tumor. The cells grow over a period of time to the surrounding tissues and areas, thereby transforming the condition as critical.

Symptoms and Causes:
The symptoms do not appear during initial stages. A slight sign of the following symptoms, one should visit her doctor.

• Secretion from the nipple.
• Change in size, shape or feeling of the breast.
• Feeling of lump in a breast or armpit.
• Ulcers in the surrounding skin.
• Bone-pain
• Swelling of arm.
• Pain or discomfort in a breast.

There are numerous causes of Breast Cancer. The development of malignant tumor is irrelevant to age and other factors
• Early arrival of menstruation, by the age of 12 or late menopause, after the age of 55.
• Pregnancy post 30.
• Excessive alcohol consumption.
• Family history of the case.
• Age and gender, women have greater possibility of being affected by the breast cancer over men.

Essential Treatment : The common treatments on the knowledge of stage of the Breast Cancer are as follows:

• Chemotherapy: The process of chemotherapy involves administration of high dosage of the drugs either orally or by injection. The procedure kills the cancerous cells.
• Surgery: Mastectomy-Removal of entire breasts, Lumpectomy- Removal of the adjoining parts of a breast, Quadrantectomy- Removal of quarter part of a breast, are standard surgeries undertaken for the treatment of Breast cancer.
• Radiation Therapy: The patient is exposed to high energy X-rays to destroy the tumorous cells and shrink the tumor’s size. The therapy is either carried out solely or in combination with other treatments. 3DCRT (three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy), IMRT, and IGRT (image-guided radiation therapy) are three prime variations of Radiation Therapy.
• Hormonal Therapy: Hormonal therapy is carried out by injecting drugs that hamper the increase of cancerous growth cells by hormones. It is generally done on ER-positive Breast cancer. The Radiation therapy is followed to destroy the surrounding cancerous tissues.