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Video content consulted by Doctor La Thi Tiem - Breast Screening Center - Vinmec Times City International Hospital
Breast cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the breast. These cells grow and develop into a cancerous mass that has the ability to invade other parts of the body. Breast cancer is the most common and common cancer in women, the success rate of breast cancer treatment depends heavily on the time of detection.
Breast cancer treatment is a typical multimodal combination including:
Surgery; Radiotherapy; Medical treatment: (Systemic treatment, systemic treatment) includes: Chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy. Breast cancer has many prognostic factors:
Age: Too young (<35 years old) or high (> 70 years old) with poor prognosis; Disease stage; Histological form; Histological grade; Endocrine receptor status.
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Bài dịch từ: webmd.com
Chemotherapy: Chemotherapy after surgery can reduce the risk of the cancer coming back. These drugs attack cancer cells. Women with breast cancer with larger tumors are more likely to have chemotherapy treatments as well. Chemotherapy for breast cancer can be done in a number of ways, such as taking drugs or liquids containing chemicals. Usually, however, chemotherapy is given right into the patient's vein. Treatment of breast cancer by this method usually takes place in cycles and the patient can rest between cycles. Hormone therapy for breast cancer: Hormone therapy is a good option after surgery for women with hormone receptor-positive (HR) tumors. Medicines that can help prevent breast cancer tumors from receiving hormones. These medications include: Tamoxifen (for all women), and anastrozole (Arimidex), exemestane (Aromasin), and letrozole (Femara) (for postmenopausal women). Targeted therapy: Targeted therapy is the newest treatment for breast cancer. About 20% of women with breast cancer have too much of the HER2 protein, which sometimes causes the cancer to spread quickly. Trastuzumab (Herceptin) is a drug approved to treat breast cancer in women with HER2-positive breast cancer. It works by blocking the HER2 protein from growing cancer and makes some chemotherapy treatments more effective. Other breast cancer drugs used in this treatment include: Pertuzumab (Perjeta) and neratinib (Nerlynx). To detect breast cancer early, you should have regular breast cancer screenings, especially those over 40 years old, who are at high risk for this disease.
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