Learn more about an aggressive yet little known form of breast cancer called Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC).
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Learn more about why IBC is misdiagnosed and why most Doctors are not familiar with this deadly diease.
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With staggering statistics showing that 1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime, it’s no wonder that most of us know someone who has suffered from this heartbreaking and sometimes deadly disease.
But did you know there is one form of breast cancer that is so aggressive that symptoms literally appear overnight and spread so rapidly that it is considered the deadliest breast cancer with the highest mortality rate? I’m talking about a little known form of cancer called Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC).
Give yourself a fighting chance against IBC. The only way to do that is to be more in tune with your body and learn everything you can about Inflammatory Breast Cancer.
“When breast cancer is found early, the 5 year survival rate is 96%.” – National Breast Cancer Foundation
Consider yourself, your sister, your mother, your daughter or your wife . . . then ask the question. . . Do you know enough about Inflammatory Breast Cancer to recognize it when you see it? Do your loved ones?
Don’t let a lack of awareness or hesitation be the reason you or a loved one dies of Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Learn more through your doctor, online and by visiting http://www.ibcexplained.com and share this information with other women today!
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When diagnosed with IBC, there is very little time for making decisions. The rarest form of Breast Cancer there is. Very aggressive. These survivor stores are shared to give patients and care-givers love, support, courage, and strength to get through another day. Give your troubles to God and know you are never alone.
IRVINE, Calif., Sep 10, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The HALO Pap Test for the Breast — which helps assess a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer — will be featured this Friday Sept. 11 on the popular daytime healthcare talk show by co-host Lisa Masterson, MD, an ob/gyn in Santa Monica, Calif.
“Having Dr. Masterson discuss HALO on national TV provides a tremendous opportunity to spread the word to women about the importance of understanding and managing breast cancer risk. Risk management is a critical step toward reducing breast cancer incidence and death rates,” said John Stroh, president and CEO of NeoMatrix, which makes the HALO system.
HALO is FDA-cleared for the collection of nipple aspirate fluid for cytological evaluation. Like the Pap test for cervical cancer, HALO looks for cellular changes years before breast cancer might develop. Multiple studies have shown that if a woman has abnormal cells in the breast ducts, she has a 4-5 times greater risk of developing breast cancer in the future.
Early detection of breast cancer is the key to improved survival, yet 70 percent of diagnosed women have no identifiable risk factors other than age. In fact, 8 out of 9 diagnosed with breast cancer have no direct relatives with the disease. Risk assessment with HALO enables women and clinicians to take control of breast health. Designed for women age 25 and older, the simple, 5-minute test is typically performed as part of the annual well-woman visit in a physician’s office.
HALO is not intended to diagnose breast cancer or replace regular screening mammography or breast exams. It is a tool that helps identify women with precancerous changes who have a high risk of developing breast cancer in the future. All women, regardless of their risk assessment, should undergo routine screening as recommended by their healthcare provider.
To learn more about the test and locate a physician who offers it, visit www.PapTestForTheBreast.com or call (877)-HALOPAP.
About NeoMatrix
NeoMatrix(C) develops innovative devices that allow women and their doctors to promote optimal breast health. The HALO Breast Pap Test is the first fully automated, noninvasive breast disease-screening device designed for use in the primary care setting. For further information, visit www.neomatrix.com.
Sharp pain in the chest, fatigue, shortness of breath?
Any or all signs of breast cancer?
What are they?
Breast Cancer Facts http://howtotreatcancer.com/
Breast cancer is one of the most commonly found cancer form in women and early treatment can assure greater survival rate. Let us look at some Breast Cancer Facts to find out more information regarding its diagnosis, symptoms and treatment. Enlarge Image Breast cancer is one of the most frequently met forms of cancer in the case of women, which usually occupies a second place in recent statistics, after skin cancer.
Taking into account the actual life expectancy, it was determined that approximately one woman out of nine will suffer from breast cancer. The cause and the treatment of this disease have not been identified yet, but, if it is detected in an early phase of its evolution, it can be treated with very good results by conservative surgery of the breast, followed by radio therapy. This treatment of cancer, detected in an early phase, assures a 97% survival rate of five years.
What do you have to do in order to detect breast cancer in an early phase?
1. Clinical exam of the breast: women with the age between 20 and 40 years should benefit of this exam as part of the general control of their health condition, preferably once in three years. Women older than 40 years must be examined by a specialist once a year.
2. Mammography: It is a radiological exam of the breast, with very small doses of X rays. Women, which are older than 40, should benefit from a mammography every year. If you notice something suspect at your breast, or you have in you family cases of breast cancer, go to your physician and establish together the moment when you should start doing this investigation. Even if some cancers can’t be detected by the mammography, this still remains an excellent method of diagnosis.
3. The auto examination of the breast: This method of an early detection of breast cancer is very important. In order to obtain the best results you must perform it 10 days after the menstruation. If your period is not regular, you ma perform the auto examination in the same day of the month. There are sites on the internet where you may find auto examination techniques and other useful information related to this subject.
Which are the factors involved in the genesis of breast cancer?
Risk factors : sex, age, genetic risk, family history, personal breast cancer history race, radiological examinations at an early age, biopsies, normal substitution therapy, alcohol consumption, obesity.
Protection factors: nursing, physical exercise, a balanced diet.
Signs and symptoms which might suggest breast cancer:
1. Axillary’s tumor mass, or a tumor mass located in the breast or next to it. If it is not painful, hard, with irregular edges, adherent to the tissues around, there is a high probability to be cancerous.
2. A denser area of the breast compared to those around it.
3. Changing of the breast shape or size.
4. Wrinkles, depressions, or red breast skin.
5. Pains in the mammilla or a depression in it.
6. Any secretion, different from milk.
If any of these signs appear, go immediately to a doctor specialized in this disease. Not any change you feel in your breast mean cancer, 80 % of the inflammations are benign, but it would be the best thing for you to be seen by a doctor, who will indicate the investigations you need.
Remember:
1. Breast cancer may appear at any age, but it is more possible if you are older.
2. The risk to get breast cancer at the age of 70 is double compared to the age of 50.
3. More than 70% of the women suffered from breast cancer didn’t have any other person in the family suffering from this disease.
4. An early diagnostic means better chances of survival.
5. Mammography is a sure and efficient instrument for detecting breast cancer even before it could be felt. Annual examination by an expert and auto examination every month are extremely important, too.
Frequency The frequency of breast cancer grows continuously in developed countries (especially in Occidental Europe and in North America, less in Japan). Every year, breast cancer is responsible of 77,000 deceases in Europe, out of which 40 % in the case of women under 65. The incidence of this cancer, which means the number of new cases during a year, grows, but mortality reached a plateau level, which makes us notice that chances of survival are growing.
Risk factors Risk factors are known for a long time and they are:
1. Personal: early menstruation, absence of birth, a late first pregnancy (after the age 35), late menopause.
2. Inherited or Genetical: breast cancer antecedents in the case of closely related members of the family, suggesting the presence of genetic factors.
Apart from these factors, age is also a risk factor 7% of breast cancers affects women 40, and this percent grows with age: 18% in the case of 40-50 years, 32% in the case of 50-60 years and 43% in the case of women over the age of 60.
According to recent research from the United States, “A diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer (BC) forces patients and providers to make difficult treatment decisions. To pilot test a decision aid (DA) for advanced BC. Pretest, posttest study.”
“Two academic cancer centers in Boston, Massachusetts. Fifty patients diagnosed with advanced BC. A patient DA that consisted of a 30-minute DVD and booklet. Patients were surveyed at baseline, after the intervention, and at 3 months. included use and acceptability of DA, distress, treatment goals, and preference for and actual participation in decisions. Physicians were surveyed at baseline and 3 months. included treatment goals, assessment of patients’ experience with treatments, and patients’ preference for and actual participation in decisions. Thirty-two patients (64%) enrolled and completed the baseline survey, 30 completed the postvideo survey, and 25 completed the 3-month survey. The DA was acceptable and did not increase distress. The majority desired to share decision making with their doctor. Only 38% achieved their desired level of participation. At baseline, agreement between patients and providers on the main goal of treatment (lengthen life v. relieve symptoms) was 50% (kappa = -0.045, P = 0.71), and at 3 months it was 74% (kappa = 0.125, P = 0.48). It is feasible to perform a clinical trial of a DA with advanced BC patients. Most participants wanted to participate in decisions about their care and found the DA acceptable,” wrote K.R. Sepucha and colleagues, Harvard University (see also Breast Cancer).
The researchers concluded: “This study highlights several issues in developing and implementing DAs in this vulnerable population facing complex decisions..”
Sepucha and colleagues published their study in Medical Decision Making (Is There a Role for Decision Aids in Advanced Breast Cancer? Medical Decision Making, 2009;29(4):475-482).
For additional information, contact K.R. Sepucha, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, School Medical, Health Decis Research Unit, 50 Staniford St., Suite 936, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Publisher contact information for the journal Medical Decision Making is: Sage Publications Inc., 2455 Teller Rd., Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.
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