How to treat breast cancer

It is understood that the incidence of breast cancer has been increasing in recent years, and many women are panicking. If you are unfortunately diagnosed with this disease, you must go to relevant medical institutions for diagnosis and treatment in time. So, what are the treatments for breast cancer? In order to help everyone understand this aspect, let's learn about it together.

1. Surgical treatment

Surgery is still one of the main treatments for breast cancer. There are many surgical procedures, and there is no consensus on their selection. The general trend is to minimize surgical damage and try to preserve the breast shape for early breast cancer patients as much as possible when equipment conditions permit. No matter which surgical procedure is chosen, the principle of radical cure as the main method and preservation of function and appearance as the auxiliary method must be strictly followed.

2. Radiation therapy

Radiotherapy is a major component of breast cancer treatment and one of the local treatment methods. Compared with surgical treatment, it is less restricted by factors such as anatomy and patient physique. However, the effect of radiotherapy is affected by the biological effects of radiation. It is difficult to achieve the goal of "completely killing" the tumor with the currently commonly used radiotherapy facilities, and the effect is inferior to surgery. Therefore, most scholars currently do not advocate simple radiotherapy for curable breast cancer. Radiotherapy is mostly used for comprehensive treatment, including adjuvant treatment before or after radical surgery, and palliative treatment of advanced breast cancer. In the past 10 years, the comprehensive treatment of early breast cancer with local resection as the main method has become increasingly common, and the efficacy is not significantly different from radical surgery. Radiotherapy plays an important role in reducing the scope of surgery.