Mastectomy

Twenty-four years of history changed and women’s rights broke open forever. Sandra Day O’Connor was a lawyer, a judge, and the first woman supreme court justice. She faced many challenges, such as being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1988, which inspired her even more. Her career all started as an Assistant Attorney General for for the Arizona Senate in 1965. From she was a judge for the State senate, the Maricopa County trial Court, and the Arizona Court of Appeals. After being an Assistant…

Causes, symptoms and treatment of gynecological cancer Gynecologic cancer occurs in the female reproductive system. This cancer is of various types of cancer of the fallopian tubes, cervix, ovary, uterus, vagina, and vulva. Risk factors for this form of cancer are growing day by day. The most common type of gynecologic cancer is uterine cancer. Nearly 40 percent of cancers are related to diseases of the uterus. Typically, cells play an important role in determining cancer. All organs and…

You can get the specific surgery: mammoplasty, tissue expansion, lymph node dissection, lumpectomy, and mastectomy. A teletherapy and radiation therapy medical procedure, get medication and even see a specialist. There are many ways to test and perform procedures to diagnose breast cancer. As, getting a breast exam, mammogram, breast ultrasound, and even…

BRCA1 can be found in the breast tissue. It is normally used to help regulate the cell cycle so the cell can restore DNA that has been damaged. The gene also prevents the cell from reproducing to fast. When BRCA1 has been mutated, it produces an unreliable protein that predisposes the breast to cancer. Even though not everyone with BRCA1 or BRCA2 form cancer , people with these gene mutations should seek the best preventative treatments to eliminate their high risk of breast cancer because there…

This paper examines the risks factors associated with male breast cancer in comparison with female breast cancer. It will also observes the follow up treatment recommended for men versus women. Although male breast cancer is rare, just like for female breast cancer, the occurrence has increased in recent years. Since most men do not recognize there is a problem or they are too embarrassed to mention it to their physician, male breast cancer is often found at a much more advanced stage than…

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TRAM Breast Reconstruction Breast reconstruction is surgery to rebuild a breast after having a breast removed as part of cancer treatment (mastectomy). There are many different kinds of breast reconstruction procedures. TRAM (transverse rectus abdominis muscle) breast reconstruction is one type of a procedure that uses tissue from another part of your body (flap procedure). In this procedure, tissue and muscle from your abdomen are used to reconstruct your breast. There are two types of TRAM…

One will feel numbness around where the surgery took place and may or may not get the sensation back. This type of surgery is more common among cancer patients with smaller tumors inside their breast. The more dramatic surgery is called a mastectomy. A mastectomy is the removal of the entire breast. The entire breast is still taken off but instead the lymph nodes underneath one’s underarm are removed to keep the cancer from spreading into other parts of one’s body. The risks of a surgery like…

Breast cancer is increasingly becoming a threat to the health in women of all ages. It is well known that the earlier it is detected, the better the outlook will be for the patient. Mammography has long been the gold standard in breast cancer screening, however it has it’s drawbacks. MRI is also an effective tool in diagnostic imaging for breast cancer, but it is an expensive and time consuming modality. Sonography is becoming an invaluable tool in breast health and in certain cases, can make a…

I. Intraoperative Radiation therapy: Also known as IORT II. Problem: Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer for women. It is when there is a lump in the breast that contains cancer cells. Some lumps do not contain cancer cells though. The doctor will have to diagnose someone with breast cancer. Breast cancer is one of the top ten leading causes of death in females. Even males can get breast cancer. At least 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. In 2011 40,000…