The most common type of breast cancer is ductal carcinoma, which develops from the ducts. Breast cancer that develops from the lobes or lobules is called lobular carcinoma and is the most common type of breast cancer affecting both breasts. Inflammatory breast carcinoma is one of the rarest types of cancer that show signs of inflammatory breast (redness, local heat and swelling). Age and breast cancer in this family influence the risk of breast cancer.
Here is a list of breast cancer treatment options. Today we are using four types of standard treatment:
Surgery - Most patients with breast cancer require surgery to remove malignant tissue from the breast. Also, during surgery doctors can eradicate some or all axillary lymph nodes of the affected breast to be investigated under the microscope in order to detect malignant cells at this level.
Breast conservative surgery is a surgery that consists of removing the malignant breast tissue but without removing the whole breast. Other breast cancer treatment options are:
Total Mastectomy -Which surgically removes the entire mammary gland tumor that contains cancer. This method is also called simple mastectomy. Some axillary lymph nodes are removed for biopsy during surgery or after. Axillary lymph removal is done through a separate incision. The dotted lines delimit the area of the entire breast to be removed. Also, some lymph nodes may be removed.
Modified radical mastectomy -It is a surgery which removes the entire cancerous tumor, mammary gland, which contains a large number of axillary lymph nodes, muscle tissue lining the chest and sometimes what is excise and part of the chest wall muscle.
-Modified radical mastectomy: the dotted lines delimit the entire breast and lymph nodes area to be removed. Also, part of the chest muscle wall can be removed.
-radical mastectomy: is a surgical method that removes the entire mammary gland tumor that contains cancer, muscular wall of the chest below the breast and all axillary lymph nodes. Sometimes, this procedure is called Halsted radical mastectomy.
Radiotherapy - Radiation therapy is a therapeutic option for cancer which uses high intensity X radiation or other radiation to kill cancer cells. There are two types of radiation therapy. External radiation therapy uses a machine outside the body to generate X-rays to be directed to the area where the tumor is located. Internal radiation therapy uses a radioactive substance encapsulated in needles, caps, wires, or catheters that are placed inside or near the cancer tumor. The type of radiation therapy depends on the type and stage of cancer.
Chemotherapy - Chemotherapy uses drugs to stop cancer cell growth, both through their destruction and by stopping the division (multiplication).
Hormone therapy - Hormone therapy is a cancer treatment that removes hormones or blocks their action, thus stopping the growth of cancer cells. Hormones are substances produced by endocrine glands in the body and delivered directly into the bloodstream. Some hormones can cause certain types of tumor growth.