Breast cancer overview
| Autor: | Susan Ely, Anna N. Vioral |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Palliative care medicine.medical_treatment Aftercare Antineoplastic Agents Breast Neoplasms Nurse's Role Breast cancer Drug Delivery Systems medicine Mammography Humans Mass Screening Intensive care medicine Mass screening Mastectomy Breast self-examination Neoplasm Staging Advanced and Specialized Nursing Stereotyping medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Incidence Oncology Nursing Palliative Care Cancer Breast Self-Examination Fear medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging United States Radiation therapy Medical–Surgical Nursing Chemotherapy Adjuvant Anxiety Surgery Female Radiotherapy Adjuvant medicine.symptom business Attitude to Health |
| Zdroj: | Plastic surgical nursing : official journal of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Nurses. 27(3) |
| ISSN: | 0741-5206 |
| Popis: | The words, "you have breast cancer," is possibly one of the most devastating statements an individual could image hearing from his or her physician even though breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. The diagnosis bears a significant amount of anxiety and fear in regards to treatment and overall survival. However, research has increased healthcare professionals' knowledge on the benefits of early screening, diagnosis, and treatments, which has steadily reduced the death rate from breast cancer over the past 20 years. Physicians are better able to predict how particular breast cancers will react to treatment; therefore, they are able to choose more effective treatment options based on these findings. The goal of this article is to highlight the incidence, staging and diagnostic studies, types, treatments, and follow-up of breast cancer dispelling some of the common societal stigmas and unfounded fears surrounding this diagnosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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