Treatments

= = =__Treatments __= Surgery   Radiation therapy

Treatment with high-energy rays or particles that kill the cancer cells. Radiation to the breast is often given after surgery to lower the chances that the cancer will come back to the breast or nearby lymph nodes.

 Hormone therapy Drugs that stop the production of estrogen.Estrogen increases the growth of about 2 out of 3 of breast cancers. By lowering the estrogen hormones in the womens body it can lessen the chance of the cancer coming back.

Chemotherapy

Treatment is drugs that are cancer killing. The drug is usually given by IV injected into a vein. The drugs passes through the bloodstream to the cancer cells in most parts of the body. Chemo is given in cycles, the treatment usually lasts for several months.

**SIDE EFFECTS **

 * Hair loss
 * Mouth sores
 * Loss of appetite or increased appetite
 * Nausea and vomiting
 * Increased chance of infections
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Easy bruising or bleeding
 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Fatigue

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Some women may receive more then one treatment at a time. Not every treatment is right for every women, since every case of the disease is different. What might work for one person may not work for another. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Surgery and radiation are considered local therapies, that remove the cancer from the breast. <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Hormone, and chemotherapy are considered systemic therapies that enter the bloodstream and removes the cancer from the body.