A breast biopsy is a simple procedure in which a very small piece of breast tissue is removed from a lump in the breast and examined under a microscope. This…
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Breast Cancer Treatment
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Being a breast onco-surgeon, I come across a lot of women who are on follow up after completing their cancer therapy. Just meeting these wonderful ladies, understanding the struggles they…
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Radiation therapy is a treatment using an external beam to kill cancer cells. The high-intensity energy beams used in radiation therapy mostly uses X-rays. Sometime protons can also be used…
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Though there are advanced treatment options available for cancer today and a lot of cancers are treated and cured successfully, the word ‘cancer’ is still associated with dread. When it…
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Yes, let’s admit it. Getting diagnosed with breast cancer, fighting questions like ‘why me’, subsequent treatment, tackling the anxiety about survival…all these can drain you physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.…
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Studies have shown that lifestyle factors play an important role in the development of Breast Cancer. Lifestyle risk factors are important to consider when developing a strategy for Breast Cancer…
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