Beyond The Shock Chapter 1

Each of our lives is a story. We journey along a road of experiences and emotions, passing significant milestones along the way. In recent years, due to earlier detection and more effective treatments, many women diagnosed with breast cancer overcome the ... Stage 0, DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ) is a noninvasive cancer where abnormal cells have been found in the lining of the ... The first step and most common form of treatment for breast cancer is surgery. This involves removing the tumor and getting clear ... Why do I have breast cancer? - What could I have done differently? There are some questions that cannot be answered; even so, ... A biopsy is a diagnostic procedure in which cells are removed from a suspicious area to check for the presence of breast cancer.

Throughout these videos, as you learn about breast cancer, we will repeatedly reference the anatomy of the breast. Becoming familiar with your breasts and knowing what is normal for you will help you detect changes or abnormalities, if they ... Introduction In surgery and trauma, time is tissue. Understanding Chemotherapy is a treatment method that uses a combination of drugs to either destroy cancer cells or slow cancer cell growth. Cancer is assessed by stages ranging from 0-4; each stage represents a progression of the cancer. As the complexity of the ... The first step down this new road is learning about your diagnosis and treatment options, which you have done by watching ...

Once the biopsy is complete, a specially trained doctor called a pathologist will examine the tissue or fluid samples for abnormal ...