Breast Cancer Treatment

The first step in any breast cancer treatment is usually surgery. The type of surgery will vary depending on the type and extent of the breast cancer, and can range from the removal of a single lump to the removal of the entire breast and adjoining lymph nodes. Like most  surgeries, breast cancer surgery will likely require some preoperative tests such as an x-rays, a blood test, a urine test, and possibly an EKG or CAT scan to determine how fit your body is for the anesthesia and the operation, and how best for the surgeon to proceed.

There are two main types of breast cancer surgery, each with their own variations:

Despite prevention policies and ever-more effective treatments, cancer is still one of the major causes of death in Europe. One of the most widespread types is breast cancer.

An epidemic of breast cancer is sweeping Europe, with a 16 per cent increase in the malignant disease in two years. It has grown to be the most usually diagnosed cancer in Europe, in spite of the fact that it almost simply affects one sex.

Newest estimations by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France, prove there were 429,900 cases diagnosed in 2006, amounting to nearly one in three of all cancers in women. In Britain, breast cancer rates have soared by more than 80 per cent in the past 30 years.

Over the course of a lifetime, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer

Cancer has been around as long as mankind, but it was only less than a hundred years ago when the number of cases increased manifold that the medical profession rose and took serious notice. Contributing to this explosion are the excessive amounts of toxins and pollutants we are exposed to, high stress lifestyles, poor quality junk food that’s full of pesticides that weaken the immune system. 

As an ongoing process cancerous cells are always being created in the body. It’s an ongoing process that has gone on for eons. Consequently, there are parts of your immune system that are designed to seek out and destroy cancer cells.