In 2016 alone, there will be 1,685,210 new cancer cases and 595,690 deaths. Every minute, there are approximately three new cases and 1 death. In 2016, of breast cancer patients alone there will be 249,260 new breast cancer cases, and 40,890 deaths (“Cancer Statics”). Why is there a difference between many cases of breast cancer and deaths? Is this because standard treatments yield results, and many patients have been cured? Standard treatments are the best option for breast cancer patients because they have been tested, they work, and many patients have been cured.
The different types of treatments for breast cancer patients are: surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, complementary therapy and, alternative therapy (Peacook…show more content… Reasons that surgery would be used are the following: to remove all or most of cancer, to locate where cancer has spread, reconstructing the breast, or to relieve symptoms of advanced stage cancer. Surgery has two major groups: breast conserving surgery and mastectomy (“Surgery For”). Breast conserving surgery is when part of the breast is removed. A breast reconstruction is rebuilding a breast mound (“Surgery Breast”). A mastectomy is the removal of all the breast tissue on one or two breasts. Two breasts removed would be called a double mastectomy. A lumpectomy is like a mastectomy in that the process is to remove the tumor and tissue. Yet, mastectomies are more common than lumpectomy. A contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, is the removal of a healthy breast and the cancerous breast.The hope is, the cancer won’t come back (O'Connor). Doing a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, reduces the chance of getting cancer…show more content… A patient who has gone to Cancer Treatment Centers of America(CTCA) in Illinois, was diagnosed with stage III Breast cancer. Because her treatment plan was designed to kill cancer, she was healed and could go back to her normal life. So, standard treatments do work (“Marie”). One patient in her twenties had stage II breast cancer and her treatments were successful, because of the care she had received. She was able to live her life again (“Samantha”). One patient took radiation therapy that put her into remission. She was able to focus on her family instead of worrying about her cancer (“Audrey”). Another stage III breast cancer patient had double mastectomy, chemo, radiation, and lymph node dissection. The way her doctors and specialists at CTCA specialized her treatment plan helped her become cancer free (“Norma Alexander”). Another patient had stage III breast cancer. Her treatment was radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and lumpectomy. Because of her treatment, she was able to fully recover and live the life that she was living before
