Breast Cancer Information

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Types of breast cancer
Breast Cancer Symptoms
Possible Risk Factors of Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Glossary

New Hope Medical Center has found that many times symptoms may be improved and possibly reversed with our alternative treatments for breast cancer. This is the most common form of cancer among women. Most patients with this diagnosis have likely had the cancerous mass for 5 to 10 years before the diagnosis. There are new medicines and alternative treatments for breast cancer. Cancers can be easily felt in the breast when they reach a size of approximately 1 cm. A lump of this size contains approximately one billion cells, which is the result of 30 doublings of a single cancer cell. Assuming that a breast lump grows with a doubling time of 100 days, it would take approximately 10 years to reach a point where it could be felt.

Breast cancer in males occurs less at about 1/100 th that of females. If spotted in the initial stages, breast cancer therapy is available and the patient should be sent to a specialist immediately. The patient can be suggested with conventional treatment like surgery or radiation therapy to chemotherapy, depending on what the specialist thinks is best. In addition, alternative breast cancer treatments are also available for males.

Breast cancer may metastasize to almost any organ in the body if not stopped. The most common sites are skin around a lumpectomy or mastectomy scar, scalp, lymph nodes, bone, lung, liver, and brain. Alternative treatments and complementary medicine for breast cancer may help build the immune system and fight any progression of the cancer.

Breast Cancer Detection:

Cancerous masses can be easily felt the breast when they reach a size of approximately 1 centimeter (about the size of a pea). A lump of the size contains approximately one billion cells, which is the result of 30 doublings of a single Cancer cell. Assuming that a breast lump grows with a doubling time of 100 days, it would take approximately 10 years to reach a point where it could be felt.

It is important for everyone to conduct regular Breast Cancer screenings, before symptoms are apparent. There are several screening methods that your doctor may suggest:

Screening Mammogram

Clinical Breast Exam

During a Clinical Breast Exam, your doctor will check your breasts for several things including:

Typically, a clinical breast exam only takes about 10 minutes.


Self Exam

It is recommended that you perform breast self-exams once a month to check for any changes in your breasts.
It is important to remember that regular changes in your breasts may occur due to the following:

Contact your primary care physician if you find any unusual changes.

Types of breast cancer:

There are several types and stages of Breast Cancer. Breast tumors can be either benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). The physicians at New Hope Medical Center understand that each type of Breast Cancer responds to treatment in different ways. Basically, each Cancer type and location is as unique as a person’s fingerprint. This is why New Hope Medical Center works together with the patient and her primary care physician to develop an individualized treatment protocol in order to effectively reduce the size and symptoms of the Breast Cancer.

Stage 0 ( Carcinoma in Situ)
There are two types of Stage 0 Breast Cancer: Lobular Carcinoma in Situ (LCIS) and Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS). LCIS means that there are abnormal cells in a lobule’s lining. Even though a diagnosis of LCIS in one breast increases the risk of cancer for both breasts, the cancer is usually non-invasive. DCIS (also referred to as intraductal carcinoma) means that there are abnormal cells in a duct’s lining. Although the abnormal cells found in DCIS have not yet moved to other breast tissue, the cancer can become invasive if left untreated.

Stage I
The tumor in Stage 1 Breast Cancer is no larger than three-quarters of an inch (2 centimeters) across. Stage 1 is considered an early stage invasive cancer, although cancer cells have not yet spread to other parts of the body.

Stage II
A Stage II tumor is typically between 2 to 5 centimeters (three-quarters of an inch to 2 inches) across. It is possible that during Stage II, the Cancer has spread to lymph nodes near the breast.

Stage III
Stage III is considered a locally advanced cancer. This basically means that the cancer has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes.

Stage IV
Stage IV Cancer has spread to other parts of the body. New Hope’s treatment strategy for Stage IV Cancer focuses on each Cancer site individually in order to effectively reduce symptoms and improve the patient’s quality of life.

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Breast Cancer Symptoms:

Most breast cancers are discovered as a lump by the female herself. Some females may have a history of pain with no mass; however, this presentation is less common. The following are possible breast cancer symptoms, breast enlargement, a thickening in the breast tissue, or nipple dimpling, nipple discharge, nipple erosion or ulceration, lymph node enlargement around the breast area or under the arms. The presence of pain should not lead to a false security that it is not cancer. Approximately 10% of patients may present with breast pain and no mass. It is very important to consult a physician when experiencing breast cancer symptoms. The most effective orthodox or alternative treatment for cancer is early treatment.

Possible Risk Factors of Breast Cancer:

The risk for breast cancer increases with age. Worldwide breast cancer tendency rates appear to correspond with variations in diet, especially a high fat intake diet and high alcohol intake. The BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 genes are inherited genes and account for only about 3% of breast cancers. If a woman has already had cancer in one breast, she should be aware that she has an increased risk for getting cancer in the other breast. Women with early periods (menarche), late menopause, and late first pregnancy are at increased risk. Women how have been exposed to radiation at an early age are at higher risk.

Various chemicals such as arsenic, aflatoxin, vinyle chloride, and benzene show definite evidence of causing human cancers. Other human carcinogens based on evidence from animal experiments are chloroform, dichloro-diphenyl-trichlorethane (DDT), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and formaldehyde.

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DISCLAIMER: It is important to understand that as of today's standard; only traditional medicine is known to be FDA approved. New Hope Medical Center does not make any stated or implied claims regarding results. The extent of the response to treatment varies from patient to patient, even those with a similar diagnosis due to the uniqueness of each patient's internal body makeup.

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