4 common treatments for breast cancer patients

Breast cancer is a common disease among women. Treatments for breast cancer include: surgery, immunotherapy, radiotherapy and traditional Chinese medicine:

1. Surgical treatment: For patients with early, middle and late stage breast cancer, as long as their physical condition can tolerate surgery, surgical treatment should be the first choice. There are many surgical treatments for breast cancer. No matter which surgical procedure is chosen, it must be strictly adhered to the principle of radical cure as the main principle, and preservation of function and appearance as the secondary principle.

2. Immunotherapy: Immunotherapy refers to a treatment method that stimulates the body's own immune system to fight cancer. The immune system is the body's own defense system against disease. Immunotherapy is also called biological response modifier or biological therapy. Immunotherapy is specific and only damages cancer cells, not normal cells. The treatment effect is systemic and is suitable for treating non-localized cancers.

3. Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment: Traditional Chinese Medicine has its own characteristics in treating breast cancer. All breast cancer patients, whether or not they undergo postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy, should take traditional Chinese medicine to strengthen their body and eliminate evil, and enhance their ability to resist cancer. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of breast cancer is mainly used in conjunction with other treatments to reduce its side effects and enhance the anti-cancer effect.

4. Radiotherapy: It refers to a treatment method that uses various rays of different energies to irradiate tumors to inhibit and kill cancer cells. Radiotherapy can be used alone or in combination with surgery, chemotherapy, etc. as part of comprehensive treatment to improve the cure rate of cancer.