This is followed by the fetal period, during which the fetus develops. Inheritance is the passing of hereditary traits from one generation to the next - genetics . Worldwide 700,000 cases are diagnosed each year. The most common type of breast cancer that found in the cells of the breast ducts, other types include those of the lobes, and inflammatory breast cancer. If the cells are responsive to these hormones then these may be used to stop the lump growing.
Further treatment depends on the stage of the cancer.
Chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy may be required. Total mastectomy is removal of the whole breast, in radical mastectomy the chest muscles and under-arm lymph nodes are also removed. More recently there has been an increased use of lumpectomy where only the lump and surrounding tissue is removed. Following surgery radiotherapy may be required. Reconstructive surgery is the rebuilding the breast with other tissue or implants, this may be done at the time of mastectomy or at a later time.