| Cancer, regardless of the location, is a devastating | | | | hormone estrogen, another treatment for the cancer |
| piece of news that you can receive. Like all other | | | | of the breast is to take an estrogen-blocking drug |
| kinds of cancer, breast cancer can be deadly. But if | | | | tamoxifen for five years. |
| you stop it early enough, there are cancer cures that | | | | A concern that many have had for quite some time |
| can drastically extend your lifespan. | | | | is whether these treatments are actually cures for |
| Chemotherapy and hormone treatment have | | | | breast cancer or simply delaying the inevitable. |
| dramatically reduced the death rate from early breast | | | | However, the continuous studies and constant data |
| cancer. There have been numerous studies that have | | | | that comes in shows that these treatments are |
| found that chemotherapy and hormone treatment | | | | indeed curing people. |
| extend the lives of patients by at least 15 years. | | | | Breast cancer therapies continue to improve year |
| What is even more assuring is that the treatment | | | | after year with further research. Technology is |
| gets stronger over time, proving the therapy is | | | | constantly evolving and more breast cancer cures are |
| actually eradicating the cancer from the body. | | | | being developed. Despite this, there is still a long way |
| Studies and analysis has shown that catching the | | | | to go to help prevent this type of cancer, develop |
| onset of the cancer early enough can cut her risk of | | | | targeted treatments, and find better ways to predict |
| dying by almost 50 percent. Undergoing six months | | | | an individual's prognosis. |
| of chemotherapy and taking hormone treatment for | | | | One thing is for certain; identifying the cancer as |
| five years will allow patients to completely rid their | | | | early as possible contributes greatly to extending |
| body of this deadly disease. | | | | your life. This is precisely why it is vital you are |
| The key is to catch the cancer in its beginning | | | | aware of the numerous signs and symptoms that are |
| stages. For most women, it is now a standard | | | | prevalent with breast cancer. The last thing you want |
| practice to treat the early detected cancer with | | | | is to identify a lump or another symptom and put off |
| surgery and radiation, followed by chemotherapy. | | | | seeing a doctor because you are scared of the |
| This helps reduce the risk of a re-occurrence | | | | results. |
| happening. If your tumors are sensitive to the | | | | |