There are many treatment options one diagnosed with breast cancer to choose from. Late diagnosis of cervical cancer reduces the chances of cure. Because men have less breast cancer is likely to expand rapidly during the initial phase compared to women. However, if both men and women during the stage of cancer diagnosis is the same, the chances of survival are the same for both.
Treatment depends on factors such as stage, its sensitivity to hormones and cancer. Some treatment options include;
surgery. There are different types of surgery. They include breast reconstruction, mastectomy to remove breast or part of, prophylactic surgery, lymph node dissection, or breast preserving surgery to remove the lump. Men with breast cancer may undergo surgery called modified radical mastectomy to remove breast, chest muscles and trim some of the lymph nodes under the arm.
chemotherapy. It is the use of drugs in the combination of drugs that weaken and destroy cancer cells throughout the body, so that they can not continue to grow. It helps to keep cancer striking opet.Liječnik can use this therapy to reduce cancer before surgery is performed during the final stages of cancer kill as many cancer cells as possible.
hormonal therapy. Not only reduces the chances of cancer reoccurring, but also the growth and spread of cancer cells. As chemotherapy also stops cancer cells from growing. Hormone therapy is one of the standard treatment for breast cancer in men especially if the cancer was caused by hormones.
radiation. Radiation therapy will depend on the type and stage of cancer. It can be internal, where radioactive substances are located near the cancer to kill or inhibit cancer cells from growing or external radiation therapy where the body is exposed to radiation outside the body to achieve the same result. This therapy can be performed after surgery to kill remaining cancer cells.
mastectomy, removal of lymph nodes, lumpectomy and radiation are used in the treatment of stage I and II breast cancer. After surgery, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy and biological therapy are used. Stage IV cancer is easily curable, therefore, treatment will focus on the symptoms and prolonging ones life.