Archive for the ‘Breast Cancer’ Category

Q: My wife in September last year and gave birth to a child. Was not very good mood, they had not milk. There is no medication lactation. I want to consult the doctor, is not women who had not breast-feeding, the probability of breast cancer greatly . the probability of no exact statistics.
Dr. Lee A: [...]

Peking University First Hospital since 1995 -1999 year altogether 811 cases of breast cancer surgery, of which over 50 years of age the proportion of patients are: in 1995, 46.6%; in 1996 48.8%; in 1997, 41.8%; 1998 51.29%; 1999, 53.7%. An average of 48.4%.
The above figures prove that in recent years, women over 50 years [...]

Lung metastasis of breast cancer issued in the best position, often for the majority of nodules tend to the distribution of peripheral lung field. A single lung metastasis, or metastasis although limited to a few, but, if the primary foci have been controlled for the first time disease-free interval after treatment longer, and other parts [...]

Most frequent sites of breast cancer in the breast quadrant outside the majority. Other than the upper quadrant of breast lumps are most common. According to relevant statistics, breast cancer, 60% occurred outside the quadrant; 12% occurred in the subareolar; 12% took place, including the quadrant; 10% took place outside the inferior quadrant; 6% took [...]

Two pairs of closely related small particles can be used to predict the proliferation of breast cancer will occur. Experts believe that this new testing method will not only enable many women no longer need to accept those unnecessary chemotherapy, but also may lead to the emergence of new therapies. Georgetown University Lombardi Cancer Research [...]

38-year-old Ms. Zhu had bloody nipple discharge due to come to Beijing Chaoyang hospital, after the traditional examination found inside the tumor and the breast discharge reasons. The introduction of general surgery application of the new hospital in Beijing’s first breast duct endoscopy, it was discovered in the milk ducts within the tumor the size [...]

Particularly prevalent in the elderly aged over 50, the nipple appears under a painless lump grew rapidly, and sometimes associated with nipple discharge, or haemorrhagic. Inspection, the less clear the boundary mass, quality hard, surface smooth, often associated with skin and chest muscle adhesion, the high incidence of axillary lymph node metastasis.

The American Cancer Society recommends a three-step method of self-examination, this method is suitable for women over the age of 20 a month done once, and each inspection is best conducted after menstruation:
(1) In the shower or bath, gently stroked with the fingertips on both sides of the breast and armpit area, watch for unusual [...]

[Diagnosis]
1, there painless breast lump, most of them inadvertently or census found. Inspection, the less clear the boundary mass, quality hard, uneven surface, range of small or completely fixed, and the skin adhesion while a “dimple sign”, ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes may be palpable. In the case of late breast lymphoedema the skin may appear, [...]

Breast cancer is the major malignancy against women’s health around the world each year about more than 100 million women suffer from breast cancer. In 2006, an average of every 13 minutes there is one woman died of breast cancer; an average of every two and a half minutes that is one women were diagnosed [...]