0 Breast Cancer Brief

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women. Generally, cancer is defined as cells in the body that change, grow and/or multiple out of control. Breast cancer is a tumor in the female breast area. There are several types of tumor that can exist in different parts of the breast. After it has been found, diagnosed and staged medical doctors will recommend treatment. They base their treatment on size, type, stage, biological characteristics, grade and general health.

After determining where your breast cancer is staged, what size it is and looking at your biological profile medical doctors tend to give you the best treatment option for your breast cancer you need. There are five different types of treatment options for breast cancer: Surgery, Radiation Therapy, Chemotherapy, Biological Therapy and Hormonal Therapy. Each treatment has different characteristics than the other. I hope reading on each treatment will help your understand better.