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Medical Oncologist For Breast Cancer
April 20th, 2011 | 
Author: Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study and treatment of cancer. A medical oncologist is a doctor specializing in the said study and treatment. However, a medical oncologist for breast cancer should first consult with a pathologist about the exact biological nature of the tumor being treated.
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Breast Cancer Recurrence – Death & Vitamin D
Based upon recent clinical research findings, Vitamin D is the only remaining vitamin that may have significant cancer and cardiovascular disease prevention properties. Recent large-scale prospective randomized clinical research trials have not only failed to identify a cancer prevention role (beyond a healthy balanced diet) for Vitamin E, Vitamin C, folate, and beta-carotene (a member of the Vitamin A family) supplements, but data from these trials have strongly suggested an increased risk of adverse health outcomes, at least in some sub-groups of patients, with supplements of several of these vitamins.
Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
The management of breast cancer has changed substantially over the past twenty years.
Breast Cancer & Metformin (Glucophage)
Patients with diabetes are thought tobe at increased risk of developing certain types of cancer, as well as being at an increased risk of developing a recurrence of previously diagnosed cancers. For example, an increased risk of recurrent breast cancer has, specifically, been linked to obesity and diabetes in women. Among other possible explanations, elevated levels of insulin are thought to act as a stimulus for cancer cells to grow and divide. Other diabetes-associated molecules also appear to cause increased cancer cell proliferation, or growth, including insulin-like growth factor (IGF).
Holistic Guidance Through Cancer: Oncology Nurse Navigators
The word “navigation” has many meanings. I like this one: The act of determining the course or heading of movement. The movement may be of a plane, ship, automobile or person traveling on foot or in a vehicle. In technology circles and many modern contexts, “navigation” conjures up GPS, a system that eases the journey of a driver wending his/her way through traffic, guiding him/her safely to the final destination.
Lymphoma and Breast Implants
In January 2011, articles were published in major US newspapers about the association of lymphoma and breast implants. This is called anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), an extremely rare type of malignancy. Approximately 1 in 500,000 women is diagnosed with ALCL (anywhere in the body) in the United States each year. Only 3 in 100 million women per year in the US are diagnosed with ALCL in the breast. Breast ALCL has been most often identified in patients undergoing implant revision operations. There are now about 60 case reports of ALCL in women with breast implants worldwide. The total number of implants worldwide is estimated to be between 5-10 million. Based on these numbers, for women with breast implants, the estimation is that one out of 125,000 would develop breast ALCL. To put things in perspective, in the same women, the rate of breast cancer is one out of seven.
The Role of Oncologist For Breast Cancer
Oncology is certainly the most quickly growing sub-specialty in the field of medicine, and breast cancer is one of the most crucial problems of oncology. It is the principal cause of death of women in lots of countries and is really a multidisciplinary problem with no geographic constraints.