Breast Cancer is a scary thing to discover, especially when you might not notice the symptoms. Regardless of that, we are here to guide you every step of the way.
“LOSING IS NOT AN OPTION!”
Did you know that of the ONE MILLION afflicted women, almost 45% of those women live in developing countries are prone to breast cancer?
- breastcancerfoundation.org.my
Beacon Hospital is a Cancer Specialist Hospital where you can come rest assured that we cover all aspects of your journey with us in just one place, be it from your health screening all the way to your possible treatments and after-treatment care.
With all of our experienced doctors and dedicated patient support team, we can assure you that you will never be alone when you are with us.
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Breast Cancer Treatment
Our care clinic offers a comprehensive range of management breast diseases and also for those who are at high risk of breast cancer in a warm and nurturing environment.
Beacon Hospital observed a 5-year survival rate of 100% for our breast cancer patients Stage 0-2. This shows that early detection does save lives!
BREAST CANCER TREATMENT
Treatment options for breast cancer are usually discussed with a breast surgeon or an oncologist (cancer specialist). Breast cancer can be treated in a few ways. It depends on the type of breast cancer and how far it has spread. Individuals with breast cancer often get more than one type of treatment.
Among the treatment for breast cancer are:
Hormone Therapy
is used to slows down or stops the growth of hormone-sensitive tumors, which requires certain hormones to grow. Hormone therapies are used to prevent the body from creating the hormones or by disrupting the action of the hormones.
Chemotherapy
is a treatment option that involves the use of drugs given by injection or, occasionally, orally to prevent the cancer cells’ ability from dividing and reproduce. Chemotherapy treats cancer by penetrating the tissues and organs via the bloodstream. Chemotherapy drugs are toxic to the cancer cells but they may also cause some side effects to the normal tissues. Chemotherapy is useful to shrink down the tumour when the breast tumour is too large for upfront surgery, a term we call “neoadjuvant chemotherapy”, until the tumour is small enough for optimal surgical resection. Moreover, chemotherapy can be used when cancer has spread to other parts of the body. Chemotherapy can be used in combination with other treatments such as radiotherapy and immunotherapy.
Breast Surgery
A surgery in which only the part of the breast containing the cancer is removed. The treatment involves the removal of cancer as well as some surrounding normal tissue
- Lumpectomy – Lumpectomy is an extraction of a breast lump with an encompassing edge of normal breast tissue. Lumpectomy is recommended to remove smaller tumors.
- Mastectomy – A surgery in which the entire breast is removed, including all of the breast tissue and sometimes other nearby tissues. (Breast Reconstructive surgeries can be done by a plastic surgeon to create a breast shape using an artificial implant, a flap of tissue from another place on your body, or both.)
- Sentinel Node Biopsy – A procedure involving the removal of sentinel lymph nodes, which are the first to be drained by the tumour. These lymph nodes will be removed and analysed in a lab. If these nodes are free of cancer, the cancer is unlikely to have spread and other nodes do not need to be removed.
- Axillary Lymph Node Dissection – If cancer is present in the sentinel lymph nodes, then the removal of additional lymph nodes will need to be done. Axillary Lymph Node Dissection can be done at the same time as the surgery for your breast cancer.
- is man-made steroids used to help reduce the side effects of chemotherapy.
Targeted therapy
drugs for breast cancer work by attaching themselves to proteins such as HER2 protein, either to stop the cancer cells from growing or to attach to the protein on cancer cells to bring the chemotherapy drugs directly to them. Targeted therapy drugs work differently from standard chemotherapy drugs and often have different targeted effects.
Hormone Therapy
is used to slows down or stops the growth of hormone-sensitive tumors, which requires certain hormones to grow. Hormone therapies are used to prevent the body from creating the hormones or by disrupting the action of the hormones.
Type of chemo drugs:
- Alkylating agent is a type of chemo drug that is capable of damaging the DNA of a cancer cell to ensure that the cell doesn’t make more copies of them.
- Topoisomerase inhibitor is a compound that can block the human enzymes that contribute to the growth of cancer cells.
- Antitumor antibiotic is an anticancer drug that is capable of slowing down or stop the growth of cancer cells.
- Antimetabolites is a chemo drug that is capable of interfering with more than one enzyme that’s necessary for the growth of DNA inside the cancer cell.
- Mitotic inhibitor is a type of chemo drug that is capable of stopping the body from producing the protein which contributes to cancer cell growth.
- Corticosteroids is man-made steroids used to help reduce the side effects of chemotherapy.
- is man-made steroids used to help reduce the side effects of chemotherapy.
Breast Care Team
If you are looking to have breast reconstruction after your breast surgery, do not worry! Our breast oncoplastic surgeon is also skilled in doing just that for you!
Dr Saladina Jaszle binti Jasmin
Datuk Dr Devanand Mangharam
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