The Guidelines For Breast Cancer Treatment

Breast cancer treatment is different for everyand the skin over the breast has been involved,
patient afflicted with this deadly disease. Thereirrespective of the tumor size is classified under
are several stages of Breast cancer which decideStage III B. Also there might be lot of
the plan of treatment to be followed.inflammatory changes with involvement of the
Stage 0axillary lymph nodes. The lymph nodes are usually
This is the initial stage of Breast Cancer, whereadhered together with lot of involvement of the
the disease is limited to the Breast and has notskin over the breast and also the lymph nodes
yet spread to the surrounding tissues.below the breast.
Stage IStage III C
Here the Cancer has spread and to the adjacentThis stage exclusively deals with invasion by the
tissues and the size of the tumor is also up to 2cancer cells. The size of the tumor is immaterial
cm. But the lymph nodes are not yet involvedhere, and there may or may not be any signs of
here.cancer in the breast. The most significant feature
Stage IIis the involvement of the lymph nodes and
This stage is further subdivided in to Stage II Alymphatics above the clavicle or the collar bone.
and Stage II B.This stage essentially deals with the attack on the
Stage II A Breast Cancer includes differentlymph nodes of the chest or the axillae or even
developments like size of the tumor within 2-5beyond the collar bone.
cm, or when the size of the tumor despite beingStage IV:
smaller than 2 cm has spread to the axillaryThis stage is the final full blown stage of the
lymph nodes or it may include that stage wheredeadly disease. Here the cancer cells have
there is no sign of any cancer cell in the breastcrossed over the limiting boundaries and have
but the axillary lymph nodes have been affected.reached distant far off places. There may not be
StageII B is where the tumor size is betweenany sign of disease in the breast itself, but the
2and 5 cm, and has already spilled on to theKidneys, Liver or the bones may be affected.
surrounding tissue. It also includes the tumor sizesBased on these major guidelines, the breast
above 5cm but has not yet spread to thecancer is usually further classified into many
surrounding tissue.different descriptions like an early stage, denoting
Stage IIIthe Stage I, Stage II and early Stage III, whereas
This stage also has 3 other sub stages A, B, andthe late stages, may signify a late Stage III and
C.Stage IV.
Stage III ATREATMENT:
This is where there is no sign of any Cancer inThe various options for breast cancer treatment
the breast, but the disease has already spread inare as listed out here:o Chemotherapyo Hormonal
to the neighboring areas. The cancer cells aretherapyo Breast Surgery-Lumpectomy /
bundled together and are clutching on to theMastectomy.o Radiotherapyo Targeted therapieso
axillary lymph nodes or the sternum or in someAlternative and Holistic treatmentso Clinical trials-
case the size of the tumor is less than 5 cm andinvolving trial on patients using a new therapy
has already spread in to the neighboring areas.Whatever may be the treatment, it is finally
The cancer cells are bundled together and aredependent on the stage and progress of the
clutching on to the axillary lymph nodes or thedisease. There is very little chance offered for
sternum or the size of the tumor is larger than 5patients to actually select their mode of breast
cm and has spread to the neighboring areas. Thecancer treatment, for the simple reason that all
cancer cells are bundled together and are clutchingthe treatments are basically determined by the
on to the axillary lymph nodes or the sternumprogress of the disease, and secondly due to the
Stage III Bfact that all the modes have their own share of
This is where the tumor size is not importantside effects and untoward effects. Only the
because all cancers where the wall of the chestintensity varies.