| y fact that a person is diagnosed with breast | | | | that may have left behind and if it is left |
| cancer can certainly have an adverse effect on | | | | untreated, it can then grow again and will lead to |
| the mind of that person. But what is more | | | | full fledged cancer again. Thus, advance techniques |
| frightening is when the person learns that it is | | | | are also been used towards breast cancer |
| advance stage of breast cancer. However, cancer | | | | treatment. The treatment is done in such a way |
| patients can now be given a relief of hope due to | | | | so that it not only eliminates cancer but also |
| the availability of advanced breast cancer | | | | prevents re-occurring of cancer. |
| treatments. If the patient is made to realize that | | | | There is yet another type of advance breast |
| there are treatments available towards those | | | | cancer and it is called as inflammatory breast |
| types of cancers then this fact will bring increase | | | | cancer. Initially, there is some redness and |
| hope of survival to these cancer patient victims | | | | warmth like thing in the skin of the cancer |
| and their mental state of mind will become | | | | affected breast, often without any lump. The skin |
| positive and the treatment will be thus be | | | | turns red because the cancer lies in the lymph |
| effective enough. | | | | vessels of the skin. Hence, the patient along with |
| It is a known fact that the survival chances | | | | the doctor might consider it as a simple infection |
| towards advanced breast cancer is much lower | | | | and thus may try to treat with antibiotics. But as |
| than a breast cancer that is detected at stage | | | | time passes, it neither gets better nor worse too. |
| one. Mostly, cancer patients who undergo first | | | | Hence, the doctor now decides for a biopsy of |
| diagnosis (SEER) are found to have advance | | | | the underlying tissue to detect if it is cancer. Even |
| breast cancer which has spread to distant tissue. | | | | when mastectomy is done, there are chances of |
| This type of situation is common among poverty | | | | recurrence in the skin. Hence, chemotherapy |
| based people and who have lack of health | | | | should be the treatment that should be opted |
| insurance. A patient suffering form advance | | | | before any local treatment is administered. |
| breast cancer (Stage 4 breast cancer) has less | | | | Inflammatory breast cancer is a serious disease. |
| chances of the body to have the ability to fight | | | | Usually in advance breast cancer, chemotherapy is |
| off the diseases. This is because by now the | | | | suggested with three or four rounds of Adriamcin |
| disease have spread far away into the body and | | | | and Cytoxan. Also, Taxol or Taxotere can be |
| the natural defense system is thus weakened | | | | used . After this, local treatment can be followed |
| breast cancer at stage , the survival rate is very | | | | in the form of mastectomy. |
| high, about 98% to 100%. However, a woman | | | | One of the advance breast cancer treatments is |
| who is diagnosed with advance breast cancer, the | | | | in the form of a drug called Herceptin |
| survival rate may come down to sixteen to | | | | (Trastuzumab). This drug has been very effective |
| twenty percent approximately. | | | | towards certain types of advance breast cancers. |
| These days we have advance breast cancer | | | | A patient who has HER2 positive is suffering from |
| treatments which are being used. Also, more new | | | | a type of advance cancer, can be treated by |
| treatments towards advance breast cancer are | | | | Herceptin along with the chemotherapy drug called |
| being developed. However, one should understand | | | | paclitaxel. HERZ is defined as human epidermal |
| that stage 4 is the most deadly category of | | | | growth factor receptor 2. HERZ is located on the |
| breast cancer. Advance breast cancer has | | | | surface of cells and it is responsible for maintaining |
| metastasized to other distant organs of the body | | | | the growth of the cell in check. When HERZ |
| which include the bone tissue, lung tissue and the | | | | starts to malfunction, it will then lead to cancer |
| liver too. The test done to detect is in the form | | | | which starts working in an aggressive manner. |
| of chest X Rays, CT and bone scans. Almost all | | | | People who are suffering from advance breast |
| types of breast cancer victims have to undergo | | | | cancer and who undergoes such advance |
| some type of surgery in order to remove the | | | | treatments, can hope for survival. However, I |
| cancerous growth as much as possible. They also | | | | would like to advice people that earlier detection |
| undergo chemotherapy too. This is done in order | | | | of cancer can help a patient to recover |
| to kill of any microscopic scraps of the disease | | | | completely. |