Male Breast Cancer

Some people might think what is breast cancer in men? Or how is it diagnosed? Reading this article will help give you all the information you need. Breast cancer is a malignant tumor, group of cells that grow into surrounding tissues or spread to other parts of the body, which starts cells of the breast. Women usually get breast cancer but men also have breast tissue that are nonfunctional (doesn't produce milk) so they might as well get it.

Lymph Nodes

Lymph nodes are very important in this topic. They are very small, bean shaped organ that spread out through the body. There function is to act like a filter along the lymph liquid channels that collects dead bacteria and tissues and viruses. In this case, lymph fluids leave the breast and into the bloodstreams; if a person has breast cancer the lymph nodes try to catch these cells and trap them before they go into the rest of the body.

Breast Cancer | Stage Levels

Breast cancer is staged in four different levels from 0 to 4. Level zero usually is non – invasive and cancer cells are in the same locations that haven’t yet spread. Level one are invasive cancerous cell that are starting to invade other cells around them. Usually they measure up to 2 centimeter and in this level no lymph nodes are involved yet. Level two is divided into two subcategories: level 2A and level 2B.

Breast Cancer Brief

Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women. Generally, cancer is defined as cells in the body that change, grow and/or multiple out of control. Breast cancer is a tumor in the female breast area. There are several types of tumor that can exist in different parts of the breast. After it has been found, diagnosed and staged medical doctors will recommend treatment. They base their treatment on size, type, stage, biological characteristics, grade and general health.

After determining where your breast cancer is staged, what size it is and looking at your biological profile medical doctors tend to give you the best treatment option for your breast cancer you need. There are five different types of treatment options for breast cancer: Surgery, Radiation Therapy, Chemotherapy, Biological Therapy and Hormonal Therapy. Each treatment has different characteristics than the other. I hope reading on each treatment will help your understand better.