After breast cancer surgery & diagnosis

Breast cancer patients after surgery radiotherapy and chemotherapy, the first should regularly check the blood count and liver functions. Because radiotherapy and chemotherapy have greater cytotoxicity not only of tumor cells, but also toxic to normal cells may cause bone marrow suppression Ershi a serious decline in white blood cells may also damage the liver cells, and so on, so in the course of treatment should be closely monitored, and regular checks of blood count and liver function. If there is a serious decline in white blood cells, liver function impairment significantly, you should consider changing treatment.

Patients with breast cancer should also be regularly shoot chest to monitor whether lung metastases; on a regular basis to do abdominal B-mode ultrasound to observe the liver, because breast cancer may occur in patients with liver metastasis; In case of low back pain, limb pain disease, isotope bone scanning should be done in order to observe whether bone metastases; such as headache, and severe pain, progressive increase, it should be done EEG or brain CT examination in order to ascertain whether the brain metastasis has occurred.

In addition, in particular, needs to be stressed that, with the side of the breast cancer patients, their risk of contralateral breast greatly increased risk of breast cancer, therefore, should pay attention to the opposite breast of regular inspections. Is generally believed that, when the opposite breast without breast hyperplasia and other benign lesions should be every six months in the opposite breast physical examination every year do a molybdenum target X-ray; when the opposite breast with breast hyperplasia and other benign lesions When should be actively treated by specialists under the circumstances, decide to conduct a variety of inspection time.