Can early symptoms of breast cancer be treated

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When bathing at home, I saw two breasts with different sizes and asymmetry. The skin under the armpit was sunken, like a dimple. I felt a lump on the breast, which was hard but not painful. The doctor diagnosed it as breast cancer. It's much better now. I'd like to share with you whether the early symptoms of breast cancer can be cured, hoping to help more people.

Can early symptoms of breast cancer be treated

Treatment 1: endocrine therapy. The endocrine therapy of breast cancer mainly includes estrogen antagonists (tamoxifen) and aromatase inhibitors (now commonly used are the third generation aromatase inhibitors, such as letrozole, anastrozole and exemestane). Tamoxifen can be used in premenopausal and postmenopausal women, and aromatase inhibitors are more effective in postmenopausal women. In addition, there are drugs that can replace surgery and radiotherapy, such as noread, used in premenopausal (including perimenopausal) patients or combined with tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors.

Treatment 2: molecular targeted therapy, human can develop new drugs for different targets at the molecular level. The targeted drugs for the treatment of breast cancer are HER-2 receptor family drugs (trastuzumab / Herceptin, lapatinib), angiogenesis inhibitors (bevacizumab / Avastin) have been used in clinical practice, and other targeted drugs such as Ras family, farnesyltransferase inhibitors, ubiquitin protease pathway and so on. Trastuzumab is the first molecular targeted drug in the field of breast cancer treatment, and its indication is HER-2 positive patients.

Treatment 3: surgical treatment: early, middle and advanced breast cancer patients, as long as the body can tolerate surgery, should be the first choice of surgical treatment. There are many surgical treatments for breast cancer. No matter what type of operation is chosen, we must strictly grasp the principle of radical treatment as the main treatment, while preserving the function and appearance as the secondary treatment.

matters needing attention

X-ray examination can better judge the breast of middle-aged and elderly women, and can greatly reduce the mortality of breast cancer. But X-ray examination is suitable for women over 40 years old, because the penetration of young women's breast is poor, so different women use different breast screening methods. Because breast cancer rarely causes pain, only in the advanced stage may have pain. So active examination is the best way to prevent breast cancer. At the same time, in addition to the examination, but also pay attention to several early symptoms of breast cancer.