The goal is not to extend the length of life, but to control symptoms and improve quality of life. Can be offered in an at-home setting or a hospice facility. A condition in which there is an abnormal increase in the number or cells in a tissue. An artificial device sometimes used in reconstructive surgery to create a breast shape. Implants are silicone bags filled with salt water saline or silicone gel.
Tumors can be either invasive or noninvasive.
Name given to any type of cancer that arises in the lobules of the breast. Milk-producing glands within the breast. Many surgeons also remove and test some of the underarm lymph nodes for possible spread of cancer. The tissues and organs that produce and store lymphocytes and the channels that carry the lymph fluid. Small structures located throughout the body that filter out and destroy bacteria and toxic substances.