Running Head: DIFFERENT TYPES OF SURGERIES/TREATMENT FOR BREAST
CANCER
Different types of Surgeries/Treatment for Breast Cancer
Phoebe Jung
St. John’s University
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF SURGERIES/TREATMENT FOR BREAST CANCER
Abstract
Breast cancer is formed by breast tissue. Most women survive from this particular
cancer; few don’t make it out alive. Breast cancer has been around as early as sixth
dynasty in Egypt. This cancer can also run genetically, if one family member has it, it’s
most likely that someone else in the family will get it as well. There have been methods
and treatments on how to cure breast cancer. A couple of these methods include
chemotherapy, mammography, screening, ultrasound and more. Statistics show that
breast cancer ranks second among cancer deaths in women after lung cancer. Excluding
cancers of the skin, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women.
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF SURGERIES/TREATMENTS FOR BREAST CANCER
Different types of Treatment and Surgeries for Breast Cancer
New York Hospital Queens (NYHQ) is located in Flushing, New York. They
have various services and facilities. They have Heart and Vascular Center, Primary
Care and Specialties, Children’s Health, Women’s Health, Surgery, Emergency Care,
Cancer Center, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Dental and Oral Medicine,
Neuroscience Institute, and Patient Testing. Breast Services is under Surgery,
directed by Chief Dr. Beth Siegel. She has been in practice for more than 20 years.
Breast Services has been known for its excellence in their technology for breast
cancer. I will be discussing the different types of treatment used for breast cancer.
They have in total of 4 surgeons in the breast services and treat at least 500.
They are known to treat breast services with a team of specialists, psychologists,
radiologists, medical and radiation oncologists, pathologists, and other health care
professionals.
Literature Review
Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that starts in the cells of the breast. The
malignant tumor is a group of cells that can grow into surrounding tissues or spread
to distant areas of the body. The disease occurs mostly in women, but men can get it
too. To understand breast cancer, it helps to have some basic knowledge about the
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF SURGERIES/TREATMENTS FOR BREAST CANCER
normal structure of the breasts. There are two types of tumors. There’s a
benign and a malignant tumor. Benign is often not cared as a cancer, they are
removed rarely a threat to life, do not come back and do not spread to other body
parts. On the other hand, a malignant is a cancer, a threat to life, can be removed, but
sometimes grow back and can damage nearby tissues and organs (NYHQ).
There are 18 different types of breast cancer. I will be focusing on different
types from the 18 that NYHQ treats and discuss the treatment plans they have for
each. Ductal Carcinoma is one of the most common types and it begins with the
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