Plastic surgery blog:What are different kinds of breast cancer?
Plastic surgery blog:What are different kinds of breast cancer? According to channel 10 news although scientists are still unsure of what actually causes breast cancer, research and media attention have made certain facts about the disease widely available. Most people now know what to look for when performing a breast self-exam, and that both men and women are affected by the disease. However, many are unaware that breast cancer is a blanket term for a number of different types of cancer that occur in the breast, all of which may manifest themselves in different ways. Breast cancer is the [more...]
Date: 2010-10-04 22:03:40
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National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Many women who are diagnosed with breast cancer undergo surgery in order to remove cancerous lumps. The two most common surgeries that women undergo are lumpectomies and mastectomies. This is usually the first step when breast cancer is discovered because it stops the spread of cancer throughout the body. At Pearl, not only do we accommodate plastic surgery recovery but also recovery from any type of surgery where a woman needs to heal. We hope to accommodate anyone in need of a relaxing, zen-like recovery whether the woman needs aftercare for a mastectomy or aftercare for a reconstructive [more...]
Date: 2010-10-05 23:12:05
Mastectomies Reduced In Women Taking Certain Drugs Before Surgery ...
A study funded by the National Cancer Institute shows that taking hormone-blocking pills for a few months before surgery can have important impacts for women with breast cancer that is fuelled by estrogen. About 70 per cent of the 200,000 cases of breast cancer that are diagnosed every year in the U.S. have their growth fuelled by the hormone estrogen. The study focused on 374 women whose tumours were particularly sensitive to estrogen and were big enough that mastectomy was the recommended surgical option. The women were put on four months hormone-blocking therapy after which “Half of them [more...]
Date: 2010-10-05 09:27:07
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