Originally, radioactive iodine therapy was meant for treating thyroid cancer. However, some years back people started talking about the use of this therapy for treatment of breast cancer. One of the most notable benefits that radioactive iodine therapy can offer to breast cancer patients is reducing the period of treatment  [...]

Stage 3 breast cancer is a state of the disease when the cancer hasn’t yet reached other parts of the body other than the breast, but is on cutting edge to do the same. However, the tumor size increases and it may reach the wall of the chest and may involve the skin of the breast. There is also involvement of the lymph  [...]

The holistic methods that can help in treating breast cancer are: Acupuncture: This procedure includes insertion of tiny needles into particular points of the patient’s body for restoring the energy flow. This treatment procedure is usually absolutely painless. The healing abilities of an individual’s body increases  [...]

Breast cancer disease is the most dreadful and feared disease of the modern age, among women. Treatment options like chemo and radiation therapies do not hold due to the invasive nature, and late detection of the disease. Chances of recurrence are prominent unless there is surgery involved at some point or the other during  [...]

Following are the common side effects of breast cancer surgery: Arm swelling : Majority of the patients undergoing breast cancer surgery experience swelling and pain on the arm located beside the operated breast. This discomfort is a temporary one and can be eliminated by performing some exercises involving arm movements. Depression  [...]

Leg pain is a common consequence of breast cancer. Medicine used for the treatment of primary breast cancer might trigger leg pain in some patients. Other than that leg pain also indicates that the cancer has started to metastasize to the leg bones. However breast cancer can metastasize only when the patient is in stage  [...]

Breast cancer is extremely common in women of the developed countries. Women below the age of 30 years are less likely to get the disease compared to women older than that age. The risk of getting the disease grows as a woman gets older. For instance 1/3 of the breast cancer patients of Sweden are either of 70 years or  [...]

Consumption of soy food does not seem to elevate the risks of the recurrence of cancer or death due to the disease among the survivors. This statement is in accordance with the results of one of the studies presented at the 102nd Annual Meeting of AACR held from April 2-6, 2011. Investigation of the researchers brought  [...]

Chemotherapy utilizes medicines that cause weakening and destruction of the body’s cancer cells. These cells include those present at the original site of cancer and also those cells that could have been spread to other body parts. Chemotherapy is often popularly called ‘chemo’. It is a systemic form of therapy. This  [...]

HER2 breast cancer is a type of breast cancer which tests positive for a protein known as human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). This promotes cancer cell growth. One in every five breast cancer cases are characterized by excessive production of HER2 by cancer cells. Gene mutations are said to be responsible for  [...]