Breakthroughs in breast cancer treatment

Exercise is really helpful

We all heard exercise can reduce the risk of breast cancer but thanks to a new study from the University of Minnesota, the United States, people know the effect is really like. "Exercise alter the handling of estrogen in the body, that estrogen is considered the beginning of breast cancer," Dr. Mindy Kurzer, co-authored the study explains. Summarizing from 30 American research has also shown that, just3-4 hours of physical activity per week can reduce the risk of breast cancer by 30-40%.

Vegetables are foods fight cancer

Researchers at the Harvard School of public health recently discovered the consumption of fruit and vegetables can reduce the risk of breast cancer in which the tumor does not use estrogen to grow (ER negative). This type of cancer usually takes up the rate of 15-20% of women with breast cancer, especially in young women. Along with that, the vegetables were demonstrated in the newest research has the ability to reduce the number of tumors are ER-positive, common in 70% of patients.

New option for women at high risk

Beginning in 2013, Association of Clinical Oncology for the scientific world, or are debating the use of exemestane-drugs currently only applied to breast cancer patients are recommended for menopausal women at high risk or not, by the clinical trials showed that this reduces the risk of breast cancer by up to 73% compared with placebo. Similarly, a number of other cancer treatment drugs such as tamoxifen or raloxifene can also help prevent the disease.

Mammography with 3D technology

Version 3D digital mammography or also called tomosynthesis can detect cancer invasion better than its 2D predecessor by thumbnail images are better, especially for women with dense breast tissue. The scientific forecast of this technology will widely available in the next few years with the technically difficult to deny.

Safer radiation therapy

Women have small tumors, accounting for about 2/3 of patients with cancer of the breast, Holly Pederson, a medical expert on breast cancer specialist at the Cleveland clinic said, if the use of high doses of radiation during the removal of the tumor, the equivalent effective as radiation therapy for six weeks after surgery. In addition, there is little risk of damage to the lungs and heart tissue. That is because the radiation concentrated on an area around 1 cm tumor resection cavity than the whole breast. About 40 medical centers in the United States are implementing this method, known as radiation treatment in surgery, the goal is the time exposed to less radiation, will be more secure.

Don't overlook cancer cells

A device called the MarginProbe is the governing body of American food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed last year can be doctors surgery use after Pierce reviews hard or soft tumor cells (cancer cells tend to be harder because contains more collagen). After the results, they will remove the tissue comes right, instead of right back surgery on another day as normal.

Smoking cures like "smart bombs"

As a smart bomb, drug called Kadcyla is being treated for cancer have the effect to provide chemotherapy directly into the cancer cells and isolated from healthy ingredients around. Designed for women with metastatic breast cancer, Kadcyla helps prolong life, reduce the side effects related to chemotherapy as diarrhea and rashes. Meanwhile, April 2013, the FDA has also granted permission for a new drug called palbociclib is considered "breakthrough therapies", helping to improve the life of 18 months for women who breast cancer stages.

Less chemotherapy hair loss

The FDA has recently approved phase II test equipment DigniCap, Cap connector with cooling systems to keep the scalp always at low temperatures when patients taking chemotherapy drug, thereby limiting the infiltration of toxins into the hair follicles. Early studies showed that patients suffering from early-stage breast cancer receiving chemotherapy when this Hat hair almost very little loss.=