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For the treatment of breast cancer, in addition to traditional surgery and radiotherapy and chemotherapy, in recent years the medical profession also rise against a recurrence of breast cancer and advanced breast cancer treatment — endocrine therapy.

However, the Zhongshan University Cancer Hospital director Dr. thoracic surgery, breast chief expert Professor Tim Young who, in a recent press interview, endocrine therapy only to those hormones (estrogen and progestin) receptor-positive patients in the role, and such people in breast cancer patients about 70%. Therefore, not every one of breast cancer patients are required to undergo hormonal therapy.

It is understood that with endocrine therapy for breast cancer in recent years the rise, more and more doctors to endocrine therapy in the treatment of breast cancer as a complementary means. Each individual hospitals or even breast cancer patients after surgery are recommended for "endocrine therapy." According to reports, the so-called endocrine therapy is actually inhibited by drugs in patients with estrogen in hormone levels or the blocking of the role of breast cancer in order to achieve treatment and prevention of breast cancer recurrence purposes.

Experts pointed out that endocrine therapy in reducing the recurrence of breast cancer are more prominent role, especially for those patients with high-risk factors. Meanwhile, some advanced, inoperable breast cancer, hormonal therapy can also improve certain extent symptoms and prolong the patient's survival time.

However, Professor Tim Young who pointed out that there are also endocrine therapy indications. Doctors in the use of endocrine therapy for patients before, we must first do tumor patients were examined by immunohistochemistry to see whether the cancer cells have estrogen receptor. The so-called hormone receptors, YANG Professor Tim metaphor, like hormones, "station", if not these receptor cells, then endocrine therapy for patients there will be no effect. While studies have shown that estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer patients is about 70%.

Meanwhile, Professor Yang pointed out that for the prevention of breast cancer medical profession stress "early discovery, early diagnosis and early treatment." This is because as the development of medical technology, now the majority of the treatment of early breast cancer can achieve "cured basic" level, and many patients with early breast cancer may also adopt the "breast-conserving treatment," mastectomies not endure the pain.

Therefore, Professor Yang reminded that any of the following high-risk population of breast cancer should have regular examinations : 1,12 prior to the age of menstruation, menopause after age 55; 2, a family history of breast cancer; 3, no birth; 4,30 after the age of first child; 5. no babies were breast-feeding.

Moreover, the experts also recommended that : adult women to learn how to conduct breast self-examination, self-examination and the best conducted monthly. Right above the age of 35 women, breast cancer is high-risk population, the best year to the hospital hired professional medical examination, the doctor may, based on the illness of breast ultrasound or mammography screening photographs. 45-year-old to 49-year-old high incidence of breast cancer is age, if conditions allow, preferably annually to the hospital to be checked. Women in the self-examination, if found breast lesions, due soon Hospital for further treatment.

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