All Entries Tagged With: "breast cancer"

Breast Tenderness – Mastalgia

Several women experience tenderness and pain in their breasts, also known as mastalgia. Breast pain is not a pervasive sign of breast cancer, though at times aching lumps are due to the presence of breast cancer. It could be a transitory occurrence that arises and subsides with menstrual cycles – a cyclic pattern or could be non-cyclic in nature and not following any pattern. Cyclic pain This is the most prevalent form of breast pain that occurs due to regular monthly fluctuations in the hormones. The pain is generally felt in both the breasts and is usually expressed as feeling heavy or sore, the sensation radiating to the underarm and arm area. The pain is generally felt quite severely prior to a menstrual period and is mostly allayed once the period concludes. Younger aged women  [...]

Female Sexual Dysfunction – FSD – Possible Emergent Treatments

Testosterone alone Presently, it is advocated that testosterone treatment must be administered with concurrent oestrogen (progestogens included in those with intact uterus). A latest randomised controlled trial conducted employing transdermal testosterone alone for post-menopausal women having less libido revealed that the use of 300microtestosterone patch caused a major surge in sexual function and lowered anguish. The major side effect was undesirable hair growth. There were major apprehensions with the surfacing of three breast cancer cases cited in the active arms and none observed in the control set, however this outcome might be due to chance. There is still shortage of long-standing safety information. PDE5IS or Phoshodiestesterase Inhibitors During the course of a twelve  [...]

3-D Mammography – A Novel Dimension In Breast Cancer Detection

A set of scientists are carrying out a study to explore the application of stereographic imaging technology and three dimensional outputs in screening potential breast tumour growths, thus unravelling a potent means for early identification and treatment alongside lowering the number of false-positive outcomes and the need for follow-up testing. Stereo mammography offers radiologists with a 3-D view of the breast’s internal composition by capturing two mammography images from slightly varying angles and displaying them on two Planar high –resolution systems (2,500 x 2,000 pixels) – LCD monitors that are connected one above the other at a 110degree inclination that are separated by glass partition that has a special coating. Through the specially layered glass the radiologist views  [...]

Diabetes Drug Metformin Combats Breast Cancer Stem Cells

In the latest advancement, treatment for breast cancer might be the drug Metformin that until now was used during diabetes. Metformin is already obtainable in many pharmacies broadly under the branding Glucophage and Fortamet. Mounting proofs are suggestive of the fact that those diabetics consuming metformin are less prone to getting cancer and having comparatively better results if they did develop cancer as compared to those who did not take the drug. Currently, Harvard scientist Kevin Struhl along with his associates discovered that metformin had the potential to destroy breast cancer stem cells believed to be the offenders responsible for proliferation and relapse of breast cancer. Struhl during a news gathering organised for the announcement of the findings stated that, in mice  [...]

Breast Cancer Medications Pose Significant Health Threats

Those women that are on drugs such as raloxifene or tamoxifen could lower their chances of developing insidious breast cancer by nearly half, though in the due process might be at a higher risk of developing severe blood clots. This revealing piece of information was published in a novel paper that revaluates the threats and advantages of the drugs. The scientists have stated that in every one thousand women that consume the medications every year, nearly seven to ten lesser reported breast cancer cases would surface. However, both the medicines raise the likelihood of getting blood clots, with the maximum risk arising from tamoxifen medicine – in every one thousand women that consume tamoxifen every year, 4 to 10 more cases of blood clots crop up. This statistic was mentioned in the  [...]

Ductal Lavage – An Effectual Adjunct For Breast Cancer Detection – Part I

Ductal Lavage is a procedure carried out for drawing out cells from the milk ducts present in the breast to be sent for testing. This is a useful procedure for detection of precancerous cells known as atypical cells. Presently, ductal lavage is solely conducted on those women having multifarious risks elements indicating breast cancer, to attempt to spot breast cancer prior to its commencement. Ductal lavage operates on the well-accepted fact that majority of the breast cancers amounting to nearly 95% cases develop in the cell lining of the milk ducts present in the breast. Generally, breast cancer initially originates in a single duct and would remain present within that duct if detected in the preliminary stages. This early detection makes the treatment more effectual and raises the survival  [...]

Why Many Breast Cancer Patients Opt For Mastectomy?

There are rising cases of women who on realising that they had breast cancer choose to have their breasts removed, in spite of having the choice to go in for a breast conservation surgery. It is has been observed that the healing rate is nearly the same if one goes in for either breast removal procedure known as Mastectomy or a breast conservation operation. The latest studies on women that are diagnosed with breast cancer have shown that this type of reaction was certainly not unusual. A majority of women that got diagnosed with preliminary stage of breast cancer and were the ones directly and solely involved in taking the decision, were also seen as the ones with the highest probability to opt for mastectomy. While those women that laid more emphasis on the choice offered by their  [...]