Anastrozole is a potent and selective non-steroidal aromatase inhibitor drug, used to treat breast cancer after surgery and for metastases in post-menopausal women. Aromatase inhibitor works by interrupting a critical step in the body’s synthesis of estrogen. It hinders the enzyme aromatase which block the synthesis of estrogen. These estrogens help in stimulating and maintaining the growth of many cancers taking place in the breast. Thus hindering the growth of estrogen is essential to suppress the growth of breast cancer. [...] Read more »
Breast cancer causes, symptoms and treatment
Breast cancer is a sickness where group of cells located in the breast turn abnormal. The cells change through attacks from bacteria. The mutated cells attack healthy cells and mutate them as well. In this manner, cancer cells immediately grow and divide speedily than the healthy cells. Some tumors immediately grow and sizes of tumors go on increasing. Through the blood and lymph systems, a cancer cell has the ability to spread to other body parts which is called metastasis. [...] Read more »
What is breast cancer and how to reduce the chance to get it?
Breast cancer is a type of cancer, which as the name suggest, occurs in the breasts of a woman. Though, there are some cases where men too have been diagnosed with this problem. Under this condition, the cells in the female breasts become infected by a malignant tumour, which may or may not spread to other parts of the body, depending on whether the cancer is Invasive or Non-Invasive, and depending on what stage of cancer the person is in. [...] Read more »
Secondary Breast Cancer
Secondary breast cancer is the cancer that has developed from cancerous breast cells. The primary breast cancer is the original cancer. To support the breast cancer awareness month, we have discussed “What is Breast Cancer” and “Invasive Breast Cancer” before. Today, we are going to explore about secondary breast cancer in Cytogenetics Cancer Research blog. Read more »
Invasive Breast Cancer
Invasive breast cancer is the type of cancer that has started to metastasize to the adjacent tissues. Generally, there are two main types of breast cancer which are non-invasive and invasive. The non-invasive breast cancer is the cancer that has not spread beyond the layer of tissue where they developed. We have discussed about “What is Breast Cancer” before this. Today, I will only focus on talking about the invasive breast cancer in Cytogenetics Cancer Research blog. Read more »
What Is Breast Cancer
What is breast cancer? Since the early 20th century, a large evidence and knowledge about breast cancer has started to develop. Since this month is breast cancer awareness month, I decided to write another series of breast cancer posts in Cytogenetics Cancer Research blog. I will start off with the description about what is breast cancer today.What Is Breast CancerBreast cancer is the main cancer disease in the world. It can be appeared in several states.i. Precancerous stateIf the breast cancer appears as precancerous state, it might progressively develop into invasive cancer if it is not detected earlier and subsequently undergo treatment.ii. Non-Metastasized canceriii. Metastasized cancerBreast cancer cells can grow very fast or very slowly or in average rate. The breast lumps are commonly found in women of all ages. Yet, the breast lumps that appear in younger women are usually non-malignant. Furthermore, the men can also get breast cancer according to the cancer research and many evidences. Read more »
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