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Radiotherapy Most Effective Immediately After Breast SurgeryBY: Ritu Choudhary | Category: Breast Cancer | Submitted: 2011-02-20 10:38:55
What's new in the field of 'oncology, Regarding the treatment and eradication of a total of cancer more widespread among the world's population, the breast cancer. To finally defeat this form of cancer and thus prevent it from recurring in future years, researchers have discovered what is still more effective radiotherapy if practiced on patients immediately after breast surgery to remove the cancerous mass. For women who have undergone surgery to remove breast cancer, in fact, we wondered how long you should wait before starting cycle radiotherapy. To this question the researchers have found an answer thanks to a recent study has suggested that as the longer you wait before starting radiation therapy, the greater the likelihood of cancer recurrence in patients. The findings, published in the March issue of an online magazine supported by British Medical Journal are based on an analysis of national data on cancer for 18,050 American women who were diagnosed with early breast cancer between 1991 and 2002 at the age of 65 years or more in the years ahead. All women have undergone breast-conserving surgery and radiotherapy, but not the chemotherapy. Between 30 per cent of women in the study who began radiation therapy more than six weeks after completion of the surgery, the researchers found that 4 percent went on to develop local recurrence during the next five years. The researchers, led by a team of scientists Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Also found that appears to decrease the risk of recurrence if they started before the radiation treatment. This suggests that it is a bad idea to wait to start radiation therapy, treatment should begin as soon as possible after surgery, as noted by the authors of the study in a press release from the publisher of the magazine. To defeat more safely breast cancer and thus prevent it from recurring in subsequent years, the researchers found that the radiotherapyis most effective when practiced with patients immediately after breast surgery to remove the cancerous mass. Some most common Breast Cancer Related Queries What is Breast Cancer? It is a disease caused due to uncontrolled proliferation of a group of mammary gland cells that are transformed into malignant cells with ability to invade surrounding tissue and, over time, other organs of the body. Are all breast cancers are all the same type? No, There are two main types of breast cancer: - invasive, able to infiltrate the surrounding tissues to go around and give rise to metastases; - in situ, pathological feature is not still at risk, not yet capable of metastases. What are the major risk factors for breast cancer? • Age: With increasing age increases the risk. Approximately 70% of cases of breast cancer occur in the women over 50 years. • Hormones: Up to now, many studies have shown a correlation between the onset of breast cancer and hormones female. Cases disease increases with age partly due to the prolonged exposure to hormones produced by the ovary before menopause. Women with longer fertile life are most at risk (early first menstruation, and in that of late menopause). • Heridity: There is an increase of risk in the family when there have been cases of breast cancer in relatives next (mother, sister, grandmother, aunt) from both the maternal and paternal. • Genetic predisposition: In the presence a family history of ovarian cancer cases and breast cancer may be suspected the presence of a genetic predisposition. • Previous breast cancer: increases the likelihood of recurrence in the same or other breast. • Obesity: The tendency to gain weight, especially after menopause, may constitute a risk factor. • Diet: An excess of calories can increase the risk. Article Source: http://www.cancer-surgery.com/ About Author / Additional Info: Comments on this article: (0 comments so far)
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