4th World Conference on Breast and Cervical Cancer

“It’s cancer.” “You have cancer.” “We found cancer.” It doesn’t matter how the words are framed. Those words will become a defining moment, a dividing line in your life. Yes, you have just stepped on to what may seem like a runaway train. The oxygen is sucked from the room, our chests may constrict, the words begin to sink in and for most of us, and our brains begin screaming, “Do something. Get it OUT!” It is in very rare cases that immediate action is necessary. For the majority of us, the most important thing to do at this moment is to stop, breathe and realize you will be faced with options. Decisions will be made and it is important to fully understand the treatment choices that are being offered by your doctors. First and most importantly, there is no “right way” to do cancer. There’s only the way that works best for you. Know what kind of patient you are. Some of us are fully immersed in our care while others may prefer to rely on a trusted friend o...

For Women, the possibility of a lump in the breast is genuine and very scary. We hear the drumbeat pointing out the issue for ladies on the news, in the papers, on the web, and amid the whole of Breast Cancer Awareness month all through October every year. Women are properly aware of the way that a new finding in the breast should be assessed by their specialist. But for men, all too many are unaware of the fact that male breast cancer is not only possible but now affects about 2,600 men in the United States alone.  In spite of the fact that a man's probability of surviving a breast cancer is in the same class as a lady's chances of beating the ailment, men are regularly analyzed at a later stage. This implies that they are diagnosed when the malady is more extreme. Too many men don't understand that the lump they have many not simply be "man boobs" (or as we say in pharmaceutical: gynecomastia) after all. We are beginning to take shortly more abo...