1. Surgery, either mastectomy or lumpectomy also called breast-conserving therapy.
Mastectomy is the removal of the whole breast. There are five different types of mastectomy: “simple” or “total” mastectomy, modified radical mastectomy, radical mastectomy, partial mastectomy, and subcutaneous (nipple-sparing) mastectomy.
Lumpectomy is a surgical procedure that involves removing a suspected malignant (cancerous) tumor, or lump, and a small portion of the surrounding tissue from a woman’s breast. This tissue is then tested to determine if it contains cancerous cells. A number of lymph nodes may also be removed to test them for cancerous cells (sentinel lymph node biopsy or axillary dissection). If cancerous cells are discovered in the tissue sample or nodes, additional surgery or treatment may be necessary.
2. Hormone Therapy:
It uses drugs to prevent hormones, especially estrogen, from promoting the growth of breast cancer cells that may remain after breast cancer surgery.
3. Radiation Therapy:
Radiosurgery is an effective treatment for many different types of cancer including breast cancer. It uses sophisticated technology to deliver very precise and accurate beams of radiation to a breast tumor by destroying only the cancer cells in the breast , minimizing exposure to nearby healthy tissue.
Our doctors prescribe treatment with most advanced radiation therapy machine ‘ TrueBeam STx’ for many reasons. It can deliver treatments up to 50 percent faster with a dose delivery rate of up to 2400 monitor units per minute, double the maximum output of earlier, industry-leading systems. This makes it possible to offer greater patient comfort by shortening treatments and to improve precision by leaving less time for tumor motion during dose delivery.
Chemotherapy uses medicine to kill cancer cells. With breast cancer, it has three major purposes:
- To prevent cancer from coming back after surgery and radiation. When chemotherapy is used this way, it’s called adjuvant therapy.
- To shrink a tumor before surgery to make it easier to remove. This is called neo-adjuvant therapy.
- To kill cancer cells that have spread to other parts of the body.
Your doctor and you will decide when to start chemotherapy, what drugs to use, and a schedule for taking them.
5. Biological Therapy:
It works by using the body’s immune system to destroy cancer cells.