Yoga For Breast Cancer Questions

Hi lybrate-user,
I appreciate you seeking help. As such, 4th stage (metastatic) breast cancer is not considered curable. However, it is treatable. Depending on the type of cancer, treatment can help improve quality of life, overall survival, and also help manage cancer related symptoms. Simultaneously, an adjunctive treatment with suitable alternative medicines can also facilitate achieving the above-mentioned clinical end-points. You can connect with details for further naturopathic tractio...more

Hormone replacement therapy is a risk factor for breast and endometrial cancers. Cervical cancer are not hormone dependent.

Hi, Self breast examination is the best way done at home to detect the lump. Any swelling increasing in size, nipple discharge, nipple retraction, swellings in the axilla, skin nodules over the breast are the major symptoms of breast cancer.
Clinical breast examination is advocated for all patients along with mammogram above 40 years as a routine. Younger patients with any family history can get checked earlier with USG of both breasts or with MRI breast.
Cancer is curable if detected ea...more

Not necessarily all breast cancer are genetic. Most of them are due to life style related or due to hormonal imbalance. Still you should do breast self examination on monthly basis five days after periods are completed and after forty or may be earlier you can go for annual mammography.

Are you taking hormonal tablets and going for regular follow ups to rule out relapse. If yes then get dexa scan done to rule out osteoporotic bones and take a proper healthy diet. Usually post treatment it may take an year or so to regain power and immunity back to normal. Some hormonal tablets can cause weakening of bones and lack of calcium causing pain and tiredness. You can also get pet scan done to rule out any recurrence.

Don’t reach to the conclusion. Breast cancer needs to be proved on imaging and biopsy. Normally in your age it could be a gynaecomastia.

Stage 4 breast cancer treatment depends on ER, PR, HER 2 Neu studies on Tumor. Longterm outcome depends on type of treatment given which again depends on above studies. Please provide detail reports.

Hi. IHC in Breast cancer is to know the hormonal status (ER/PR/Her 2neu) and Ki 67 to know the grade of the tumour. All this is done to plan out further treatment (Hormonal/Chemotherapy or both)

This cancer is treatable if detected early. For this, we need to know its common symptoms, which are
Lump in breast i.e. Presence of a hard mass in the breast with no defined margins
Bleeding from nipple
Nipple retraction
Redness and pain
If left undetected, cancer in the breasts can spread to the bones, liver and even the brain.
Homeopathic treatment:
We all know that Homeopathy, a popular holistic system of medicine cures by using the principle of ‘Like cures like’....more

No it can be due to some allergy so better rub the area with ice and apply coconut oil it will go away with tme.