Sunday, October 9, 2011

Human Breast Carcinoma - Basic Information

Cancers that form in the cells of the breasts is called as breast cancer. Breast cancers especially form in the ducts of the breasts. These ducts only form the milk and so act as milk tubes. Breast cancers also form not only in the milk-carrying tubes and also in the milk-producing glands called lobules adjacent to the milk ducts. Both men and women get the breast cancers, but more found in the female only. Even though all mammal animals get breast cancer, we will specifically discuss about human breast carcinoma. This is the second most cancer type in human. Women, particularly crossed the age of 45 mostly are affected by this disease. The only treatment is to remove the breast that is affected with cancer called as radical mastectomy. In radical mastectomy, all the milk glands that are with cancer cells, lymph nodes, and the muscle portion below the underarm are removed totally.

If one woman gets breast cancer or breast carcinoma, she will get some specific signs and symptoms. The breast that is affected by breast carcinoma, generally increases in size as the lump inside stiffens. Sometimes nipple gets discharge of blood in some cases as a sign of it. The breast nipple gets retracted due to this condition. The breast contours get changed in size. The skin over the breast is flattened. The skin above the breast changes to red or orange in color. Serious consideration of treatment should be given if the change in the skin is chronic that is more than a month.

During the spreading process of breast carcinoma, the abnormal cancer cells start to grow swiftly from the breasts, lymphatic organs around it, and to the other parts of the body. Even though, the cause of the cancer is unknown yet. The cause may be genetic in approximately 10 percentage of cases. There are two types of breast cancer cells, such as BRCA1, which is the gene one and another one is termed as BRCA2 or gene two. There are another two types of genes named as CHEK-2 and P52 tumor suppressor gene. These are the mutation genes. Generally mutation happens either by natural mutation process or by acquired mutation process. One candidate may fall in exposure to radiation and may get acquired of these gene mutations. Some chemical substances too give the mutation effect. This is more probably due to chronic tobacco use.

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