Breast Cancer Treatment - Comprehensive Breast Care

AMVI Hospital offering the Breast Cancer Treatment & we provides comprehensive breast cancer treatment services, including minimally invasive procedures and surgical techniques designed for minimal postoperative discomfort and issues such as lymphedema. The holistic evaluation and treatment plan of breast cancer includes breast cancer risk assessment and screening, breast imaging, breast cancer surgery (lumpectomy, mastectomy), breast reconstruction, and support services for women living with breast cancer.

Breast Cancer is a form of cancer that develops due to the uncontrolled growth of the cells of breasts. It is one of the most prominent forms of cancer majorly found in women, but can also occur in men

Usually, breast cancer can begin from -

• The Luminal Cells - The milk-producing glands
• The Ducts - passages that drain milk from the lobules to the nipple
• The Stromal Tissues– Includes the fatty and fibrous connective tissues of the breast

Breast Cancer Signs & Symptoms

• A lump in the breast 
• Nipple discharge
• Nipple retraction 
• Dimpling /ulceration of skin
• Lump in the armpit

Breast Cancer Risk Factors

• Early onset of periods
• Late menopause
• Null parity or late childbirth
• Lack of breastfeeding
• Obesity
• Hormone replacement therapy
• Previous history of radiation
• Previous history of breast surgery

How Is Breast Cancer Diagnosed?

Cancer Doctors conduct various tests to diagnose Breast Cancer to ascertain the spread of Cancer to other parts of the body. Breast Cancer is often diagnosed using the following tests:

• Breast Ultrasound
• Diagnostic Mammography
• 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Image-guided Breast Core Biopsy
• Immunohistochemistry (IHC)
• PET / CT
• Sophisticated Interventional Radiology Procedures (Wire Localisation)
• Stereotactic Biopsy
• Sentinel Node Evaluation (SLNB) using Gamma Probe
• Staging Tests

Breast cancer - types and subtypes

Breast cancer is not one disease. There are different types and subtypes of disease that are referred to as breast cancer. This is why the treatment you receive for your breast cancer may be quite different to the other treatment women may have.

Types of breast cancer

Non-invasive Breast Cancers:

• Ductal carcinoma in situ
• Lobular carcinoma in situ

Invasive Breast Cancers:

• Invasive ductal carcinoma
• Invasive lobular carcinoma
• Paget’s disease of the nipple
• Inflammatory breast cancer
• Phyllodes tumours of the breast
• Locally advanced breast cancer
• Metastatic breast cancer

What Are The Possible Treatments For Breast Cancer?

• Surgical Process: Oncologists use the following types of surgical process to remove tumour from the body:
  • Mastectomy:  It is a skin-sparing surgery that removes the whole breast with tumour.
  • Lumpectomy/Breast Conservation Surgery:  Removal of lump around the breast with 1 cm axillary lymph clearance.
  • Breast Reconstruction Surgery:  Reconstructive surgery helps in correcting deformities and restoring normal function after cancer related treatments. It aims to achieve the possible repair outcomes for treatment-related damage. It is done along with or after Mastectomy/Lumpectomy.
• Radiation Therapy: Involves the use of high-energy waves to kill cancer cells. Advanced Radiation Therapy used for Breast Cancer treatment include:
  • Single Dose Intra-operative Radiation Therapy (IORT)
  • 3DConformal Partial Breast Irradiation (CPBI)
• Chemotherapy: Involves the use of powerful medicines to kill cancer cells.
• Hormone Therapy: Involves the use of hormonal drugs like estrogens to prevent hormones from fuelling the growth of Breast Cancer cells
• Targeted Therapy: This therapy targets cancer specific genes, proteins or the tissue environment that contribute to cancer growth and survival
• Immunotherapy: This therapy involves the use of medicines that prompt the body's immune system or natural defences to destroy cancer
  A patient might get Chemotherapy, Hormone Therapy or Targeted Therapy along with surgery or radiation. This approach helps in killing the left behind cancer cells, during other forms of treatment.

Factors Affecting the Breast Cancer Treatment

A number of factors affecting the Breast Cancer Treatment include:

• The type of hospital you elect for
• The fee to your group of physicians (Surgeons, Surgical and Radiation Oncologists, Anesthetist, Diagnostic Radiologist, Physiotherapist, Dietician)
• Medicines
• Regular evaluation and diagnostic processes
• Chemotherapy periods demanded
• If radiotherapy is needed