Management of Treatment

In many cases, doctors will work with patients to determine thetreatment plan Although the treatment of each patient will be adjusted by the doctor.
But here are the general steps undertaken in the treatment ofbreast cancer:

* The main purpose of early-stage cancer treatment is to remove the tumor and tissue surrounding the tumor.
So doctors will recommend surgery to remove the tumor. Generally,radiation therapy will then be performed on the remaining breasttissue.
For certain circumstances (eg, patients with serious medicalproblems) radiation can be postponed.
* The following steps in dealing with early stage cancer is to reducethe risk cancer will recur and discard the remaining cancer cells.
When the tumor is large lymph nodes or channels have beenstricken with cancer as well, the doctor will recommend additionaltherapy, among others: Radiation Therapy, Chemotherapy, and / orhormone therapy.
As for the recurrence of cancer, treated with a variety of ways.When planning treatment, doctors will consider several factors:

* Stage and grade of cancer
* Status of the tumor hormone receptor (ER, PR) and HER2/neustatus
* Age of patients and the general health
* Patients have gone through menopause or not
* The presence of gene mutations of breast cancer biology breast cancer condition an effect on the behavior of the cancer and its treatment.
Some tumors are small in size but growing in size fast or big butslow growth.

Treatment usually begins after a thorough assessment of the condition of the patient, which is about a week or more after thebiopsy.
Treatment consists of surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapyand hormone inhibitors.

Radiation therapy is used to kill cancer cells in the removal of the tumor and the surrounding area, including the lymph nodes.

Chemotherapy (a combination of drugs to kill cells that multiplyquickly or pressing breeding) and drug-hormone inhibitors (drugs that affect the hormones that promote the growth of cancer cells)are used to suppress the growth of cancer cells throughout thebody.