Following are some tests and procedures that may be used to diagnose breast cancer:
After breast cancer is diagnosed, your doctor will work to establish the extent (stage) of your cancer. Staging breast cancer helps determine a person’s chances of recovery and their best treatment options.
As a frontrunner in the breast cancer care in Mumbai, Fortis offers a variety of treatment options, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy, immunotherapy, targeted therapy drugs, etc.
The type of treatments you receive will depend on various factors, including -
Surgery: Several types of surgery may be used to remove cancer, including:
Other surgical procedures include sentinel node biopsy, axillary lymph node dissection, and reconstruction.
Chemotherapy: Often used along with other treatments, especially surgery, it is a drug treatment used to kill cancer cells.
Radiation therapy: It uses high doses of radiation to target and kill cancer cells.
Hormone therapy: It slows or stops the growth of cancer cells using hormones to grow.
Immunotherapy: It uses your immune system to fight cancer
Targeted therapy: It uses drugs to destroy specific abnormalities within cancer cells.
Our care team in consultation with the patient creates a customised treatment plan based on the clinical condition, type, and stage of cancer.
