Radiotherapy for breast cancer patients each can cause varying degrees of reaction, some people are very light, some no obvious symptoms, but some patients respond very heavy. The most common reaction is : ① fatigue. ② dry or itchy skin or rhagadia or sparkling. ③ produce nausea, stomach pain, abnormal taste, loss of appetite and other digestive reaction. ④ other reaction, such as brain radiotherapy, armpit off; The head of radiotherapy, there xerostomia, tinnitus; Pleural and pulmonary radiation caused dry cough without phlegm, pharynx side effects such as itching.
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October 12th, 2007 | Posted in breast cancer Treatment | No Comments
Early symptoms of breast cancer
1. Tumors were found to the side, commonly found in the breast outside the top, followed by the above within and around the nipple. Initial can no feeling.
2. Mass general rather hard, smooth surface, the boundary is not clear, he pushed not a move.
3. There will be the nipple discharge, the late local skin-like Orange will change, and armpit lymph nodes or supraclavicular lymph nodes.
【Expert analysis —
Breast-long "dimple" is formed by the skin sag, "dimple" and the occurrence of breast Cooper of the ligament, when Cooper ligament by tumor infiltration or inflammation caused contraction, the skin will appear on the "dimple." Generally speaking, this is an early manifestation of breast cancer.
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October 8th, 2007 | Posted in breast cancer prevention | No Comments
One, there painless breast lumps, most of inadvertent or census found. Mass border checks owed money, and hard, rough surface, activities for small or completely fixed, and skin adhesion and emerging wine <BR> Waterloo levy, can be felt in the ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes and swelling. The case of late, there may be the breast skin lymphedema, orange peel was like change, the surrounding skin satellite Festival, the mass can shew evil smell.
2, and B-helpful in the diagnosis, a method of choice.
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October 6th, 2007 | Posted in breast cancer Tests/diagnosis | No Comments
The diagnosis of breast cancer is what?
Early diagnosis of breast cancer is very important, is directly related to the prognosis of the disease, so the diagnosis process required to master the following points;
(1) history and asked : System asked history, can help us to make identification of breast various benign and malignant diseases of the necessary information. Experienced middle-aged and older patients need to ask the masses of the time, location and speed of growth and check what they have done and treatment, the prevalence of which suffered from a serious illness, whether there are immediate family members of patients with malignant tumors. Patients should understand the marriage, menstruation, childbirth and lactation history.
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October 5th, 2007 | Posted in breast cancer Tests/diagnosis | No Comments