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2. What is Breast Cancer?
The term breast cancer refers to a malignant tumor that has
developed from cells in the breast. The breast is composed of two main
types of tissues: glandular tissues and stromal (supporting) tissues.
Breast Cancer Risk factors
A risk factor is anything that makes it more likely you'll get a
particular disease. Some risk factors, such as your age, sex and family
history, can't be changed, whereas others, including weight, smoking and a
poor diet, are under your control.
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3. Other factors that may make you more susceptible to breast cancer include
1. Age : -
Your chances of developing breast cancer increase with age. Close
to 80 percent of breast cancers occur in women older than age 50. In your
30s, you have a one in 233 chance of developing breast cancer. By age 85,
your chance is one in eight.
2. A personal history of breast cancer : -
If you've had breast cancer in one breast, you have an increased
risk of developing cancer in the other breast....
Early breast cancer usually does not cause pain. In fact, when it
first develops, breast cancer may cause no symptoms at all. But as the
cancer grows, it can cause these changes:....

4. Treatment decisions depend on these findings. The first step in
the work-up of breast disease is usually a physical exam by a doctor or
nurse practitioner. Mammography and ultrasound may be important
additions to the physical examination. On the basis of these evaluations,
the decision may be made to confirm a clinical impression with a tissue
biopsy.
Ultrasonography : -
Using high-frequency sound waves, ultrasonography can often
show whether a lump is solid or filled with fluid. This exam may be used
along with Diagnostic Mammography or MRI to answer questions about a
specific area of the breast. Because it uses sound waves instead of X-
Rays, ultrasound provides information that is different and often
complementary to the mammogram....

5. Biopsy for Breast Cancer
One way to find out if a breast lump or abnormal tissue is cancer is by
having a biopsy. During a biopsy, a surgeon, a pathologist or a radiologist
removes a portion or all of the suspicious tissue. The suspicious tissue is
examined under a microscope by a pathologist who checks for cancer cells
and makes the diagnosis....
Mastectomy in India
Mastectomy is the surgical removal of a breast. Surgery is presently the
most common treatment for breast cancer. Following mastectomy,
immediate or delayed breast reconstruction is possible in many
instances....

6. There are several different types of surgical procedures used to
treat breast cancer. Depending on the location or surgeon who performs the
procedure, different terms may be used....
* Simple or total mastectomy: removal of the breast, with its skin
and nipple, but no lymph nodes. In some cases, a separate sentinel node
biopsy is performed to remove only the first one to three axillary (armpit)
lymph nodes....

7. Radiation therapy (or radiotherapy) uses high-energy rays to stop
cancer cells from growing and dividing. Radiation therapy is often used to
destroy any remaining breast cancer cells in the breast, chest wall, or axilla
(underarm) area after surgery. Occasionally, radiation therapy is used
before surgery to shrink the size of a tumor. A common treatment for early
stage breast cancer is breast-conserving therapy. Breast-conserving
therapy (BCT) is the surgical removal.....