Once a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, the doctor will prescribe medications and therapies depending on the stage of breast cancer she is in. The most common procedure of breast cancer treatment is surgery followed by radiation therapy; certain cases of breast cancer are also treated with chemotherapy. Once the patient  [...]

Majority of the breast cancer patients need to undergo surgery. Exercising regularly following the guidelines of the doctor and a professional trainer can help in reducing the surgery’s side effects up to a great extent. It’s true after undergoing a major surgery like breast cancer surgery the patient might not feel  [...]

Doctors often recommend breast cancer patients to increase the quantities of sea vegetables like dulse, nori etc. in their diet. This article will inform you about the reasons behind this suggestion of physicians. Carotenoids in sea vegetables: Majority of the sea vegetables are rich in vitamin A pro-carotenoids like  [...]

All Invasive treatments of breast tissues leave negative impact on the muscles surrounding our breasts. Surgical procedures carried out for breast removal or even for excising the lump leave the surrounding area wounded resulting in severe inflammation. Every woman undergoing breast cancer surgeries experience severe inflammation  [...]

Lymphedema is a condition marked by abnormal fluid buildup resulting in swelling on body parts. This condition mostly occurs in our legs and arms. The following groups of people are at higher risk of developing lymphedema: Individuals undergoing simple mastectomy along with removal of axillary lymph nodes Individuals  [...]

Breast cancer prognosis is important. Breast cancer prognosis shows the disease is affecting the lives of millions of women. In the United Kingdom the survival rate for breast cancer is 78%. Breast cancer was responsible for 41,100 deaths in the United States in the year 1999. Breast cancer manifests in 205,000 women on  [...]

You are a breast cancer patient. You are working. And you are afraid to let your colleagues and the boss about your disease. But it is very important for them to know of your condition. Not to gain sympathy, but because you want them to know that you are different than normal now. And you are worried of their reactions,  [...]

Breast reconstruction is a form of surgery for women who have undergone mastectomy and have had removal of a breast. Breast reconstruction after mastectomy involves rebuilding the breast to the same shape and size prior to mastectomy. The nipple and the dark region surrounding the nipple, called the areola, may also be  [...]

A female opts for breast mastectomy when she is left with no other option to treat the breast cancer disease that thrives in her. Mostly women with breast cancer are of age greater than 50 years. Hence, mastectomy does not really bother them about how will they look for the rest of their life with one single breast. This  [...]

Breast cancer disease causes the physical and mental state of a victimized female to get disrupted from the normal appearances and occurrences. The shock of diagnosis of the disease, the traumas of treatments and survival, the race for staying active – was all this not enough to add an ordeal for breastlessness in treated  [...]