Aromatase Inhibitor is usually given to post menopause women who had hormone dependent breast cancer so they need this estrogen but, medical doctors use Aromatase inhibitor to turn off the enzyme Aromatase so it can't turn androgen to estrogen. Aromatase Inhibitor can't stop the ovaries to produce estrogen, so they give it to menopause when there ovaries stop making estrogen and other hormones.
External Radiation Therapy
External Radiation Therapy, also known as external beam therapy, carries high beam of radiation by x- rays
and sends them directly to breast cancer cells. The high beam is send by a large machine called
a linear accelerator and targeted at the tumor site, this treatment option for
breast cancer is delivered in two treatment fields: one starts in the middle of the chest and faces the
side, while the other starts from the side breast and faces the middle of the
chest, where the breastbone is located.
Internal Radiation Therapy
Radiation Therapy is also known as partial - breast therapy or brachy therapy because it usually therapy after
lumpectomy surgery and/or regular treatment. It uses radioactive substance
that is closed by wires or needles and are placed near the breast cancer cell
(for first time treatment) or therapy were the cancer was (for therapy after
lumpectomy) There are two different methods of giving Internal Radiation: Multi-Catheter and Balloon-Catheter
Internal Radiation.Mastectomy Surgery
Mastectomy is another major surgery done for women with breast cancer. It removes partially, completely, one or both breast, including the nipple. There are five different types of mastectomy: Simple Mastectomy, Modified Radical Mastectomy, Subcutaneous Mastectomy, Skin-sparing Mastectomy and Radical Mastectomy.
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