Cancer care Pune is the center of excellence for breast cancer treatment. We give the best breast cancer treatment in Pune.
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What are the symptoms of breast Cancer?
Lump in breast, changes in skin color, retraction of nipple, change in the size of the breast, nipple discharge, swelling in the axilla, puckering of skin of breast are symptoms of breast cancer
How to diagnose breast cancer?
Breast cancer can be diagnosed by various tests like a biopsy, FNAC, and mammography. Further tests are needed once the diagnosis is made are PET CT, Blood tests, and bone scan, for staging and evaluation of treatment.
What is mammography?
Mammography is nothing but taking an x-ray of the breast in a specialized machine. This is a screening test for breast cancer. In sonomammography sonography of the breast is done to detect breast cancer in the early stage.
What is the treatment of breast cancer?
Treatment of breast cancer is multimodality treatment which includes Surgery, chemotherapy, Radiation therapy, and Hormonal therapy. The sequence of therapy depends on the stage of the disease.
Radiation therapy for breast cancer
Cancer care Pune is breast best place for breast cancer radiation therapy in Pune. We have an advanced linear accelerator machine along with the active breath control (ABC) technique. We also have CBCT and a 6D couch for accurate delivery of treatment. We have the most advanced techniques of radiation like IMRT, IGRT, VMAT, and Rapid arc for the treatment of breast cancer.
A breast cancer patient might need 15 to 30 radiations depending on the disease. On the first day of radiation planning, a CT scan is done. On this scan, radiation planning is done. Radiation is given 5 days a week, for 3 to 6 weeks. Daily treatment of 10 to 15 minutes given.
Side effects of breast cancer Radiation – Breast cancer radiotherapy is generally well tolerated. Patients may have some skin reactions. A patient may have little difficulty in swallowing. Rarely a patient may develop lymphedema. Most of the patients tolerate radiation without major side effects.
Dr. Jagdish Shinde is a specialist in breast cancer radiation therapy in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad.