Breast cancer

Breast cancer or the so-called mamma carcinoma is a malignant neoplasm of the mammary gland, the most common cancer occurring, in particular, in the beautiful half of humanity. In extremely rare cases this kind of cancer can also occur in men.

German cancer centers for breast carcinoma provide all the necessary conditions to guarantee an individual and effective medical care, corresponding to the latest approaches in medicine and science. Breast cancer treatment in Germany is extremely popular nowadays, as German physicians, working on the development of an effective anti-breast cancer therapy, rank among the best specialists worldwide, and German centers for breast cancer also enjoy the leading positions. Early detection of this terrible and insidious disease is one of the components of a successful treatment. Preventive breast cancer diagnostics, performed in time, allows to determine the disease, and in most cases to avoid the poorest prospects.

Qualified doctors with high professional competence, advanced medical technology, extensive medical support and care - all these are the keys to a high-quality treatment of malignant diseases, based on a trusting relationship between specialists and patients.

What causes breast cancer?

The following factors can provoke the development of cancer:

• Mastopathy
• Childlessness and late childbirth (after 30)
• Early menstruation
• Late menopause
• Long-term consumption of fatty food
• Nicotine addiction
• Alcohol addiction
• Long-term use of female sex hormones

Breast cancer diagnostics

Cancer centers in Germany offer extensive highly technological diagnostic measures, in case there is any suspicion of breast cancer. Clinics in Germany, for example the Friedrichshafen clinic, apply high-resolution equipment for diagnostics and examination of mamma cancer.

These are the most common diagnostic methods:

• High resolution ultrasound investigation, color Doppler, three-dimensional and four-dimensional ultrasound
• Mammography
• Computed tomography
• Magnetic resonance imaging
• Fine needle shaped puncture
• Application of vacuum and high-speed biopsy (mammography, MRI and ultrasound control).

The task of biopsy is to obtain more accurate information on the changes in the prevalence of tumor and its stage.

Breast cancer treatment in the Friedrichshafen clinic, Germany

After studying your medical documentation, Friedrichshafen specialists led by Dr. Hans-Walter Vollert, will offer you an individual solution. There is a wide range of treatment options from chemotherapy via breast cancer surgery to plastic breast reconstruction.

The following factors are especially important, while selecting an optimal cancer treatment option:

• The size of the tumor
• Properties of the tumor cell
• The presence of hormone receptors in the tumor
• Dispersion of cancer cells (metastasis)
• Surgical treatment (including minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery techniques)
• Medication
• Chemotherapy
• Radiation therapy
• Hormone therapy
• Treatment with antibodies
• Immunomodulators

Surgical breast cancer therapy

Operative treatment is one of the main therapy options for breast cancer. The modern and efficient forms of breast cancer surgery often allow not only eliminating the tumor, but also saving the breast of the patient, which is extremely important for their psychological wellbeing. If for some reason organ-saving surgery is not possible, and the patient needs a partial or full organ resection, the Friedrichshafen specialists can offer good options for subsequent breast reconstruction.

In which cases breast-saving surgery can be used?

The following criteria usually indicate the possibility of organ-saving operational procedures:

• Tumor diameter is less than 2 cm
• Tumor nodes do not to touch nipples
• Inflammatory foci are not present in the tumor nodes
• Tumor nodes do not spread to the tissue surrounding the milk ducts
• Tumor arose from glandular breast ducts, but not from the breast lobules

Due to the modern diagnostic examination methods such as mammography, sonography, computed and magnetic resonance imaging, it is usually possible to determine the nature of the tumor before the mamma cancer surgery takes place. In case the tumor is larger than 2 cm, the specialists usually recommend undergoing the neoadjuvant chemotherapy in order to reduce the size of the tumor, which would allow a sparing surgery.

Other kinds of breast cancer therapy

Other therapeutic methods that can replace or supplement breast cancer surgery are chemotherapy, radiation or hormone therapy and immunotherapy. When choosing an appropriate treatment method, specialists take into account two important factors: the stage of the malignant breast tumor and the presence or absence of metastases. In addition to breast cancer surgery and radiation therapy, specialists may also recommend adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy or hormonal therapy, which can considerably improve the chances of complete recovery of the patient. Adjuvant therapy usually complements the primary breast cancer therapy, for example, surgery. Neoadjuvant therapy, in the contrary, is performed prior to the surgery and aims to reduce the size of the tumor before the intervention.

Breast cancer treatment in the Friedrichshafen clinic is a meticulously planned process beginning with the preventive diagnostics and ending with the post-surgical care and rehabilitation.

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