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Breast carcinoma

Breast carcinoma: Introduction

Breast carcinoma: Carcinoma occurring in breast tissue. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Breast carcinoma is available below.

Symptoms of Breast carcinoma

• No early symptoms
• Breast lump
• Breast thickening
• Lump near breast
• Hard painless breast lump
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 30 symptoms of Breast carcinoma

Treatments for Breast carcinoma

• Surgery
  • Lumpectomy
  • Lumpectomy with radiation combination
  • Surgical biopsy - sometimes a biopsy is combined with a lumpectomy
  • Segmental mastectomy - remove a part of the breast
• more treatments...»

Read more about treatments for Breast carcinoma

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Breast carcinoma:

• Colon & Rectal Cancer: Home Testing
  • Home Colorectal Cancer Tests
  • Home Fecal Occult Bleeding Tests
• Menopause: Related Home Testing:
• more...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Breast carcinoma?

• Misdiagnosis of Breast carcinoma
• Hidden causes of Breast carcinoma (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Causes of Breast carcinoma

Read more about causes of Breast carcinoma.

More information about causes of Breast carcinoma:

• Breast carcinoma as a symptom

Disease Topics Related To Breast carcinoma

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Breast carcinoma:

• Fibroadenoma
• Fibrocystic disease
• Breast mouse
• Obesity
• Fat necrosis
• Breast cancer
• more related diseases...»

Breast carcinoma: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health: diseases that are commonly undiagnosed:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • PCOS -- Undiagnosed
  • Chlamydia -- Undiagnosed
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cervical Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Breast Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Breast carcinoma

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Breast carcinoma: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Pregnancy & Fertility Health Specialists:
  • Maternal & Fetal Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
• Womens Health Specialists:
  • Gynecological Oncology
• Cancer Specialists:
  • Oncology (Cancer specialists)
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology (Child Cancer/Leukemia)
  • Radiation Oncology (Diagnostic/X-rays)
  • Hematology (Blood/Leukemia Specialists)
  • Colon & Rectal Surgery
• more specialists...»

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• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Breast carcinoma

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Breast carcinoma:

• Cancer (Oncology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Womens Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Breast carcinoma, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experience Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Breast carcinoma: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Women's Reproductive Health -- rare types of diseases:
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • PCOS -- Rare Types
  • Chlamydia -- Rare Types
  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease -- Rare Types
  • Cervical Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Breast Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Ovarian Cancer -- Rare Types
  • Von Willebrand Disease -- Rare Types
  • more ...»
• more rare diseases...»

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Breast carcinoma

Medical research articles related to Breast carcinoma include:

• Capecitabine (Xeloda) Breast cancer ? early, adjuvant therapy
• Gene expression signatures, clinicopathological features, and individualized therapy in breast cancer.
• Is there an indication for starting mammographic surveillance earlier than 50yrs in a patient who had her menopause at age 37yrs and is on HRT for severe vasomotor symptoms with a positive family history of breast carcinoma. The patient is currently 38 yr
• Comparative evaluation of an extensive histopathologic examination and a real-time reverse-transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay for mammaglobin and cytokeratin 19 on axillary sentinel lymph nodes of breast carcinoma patients.
• Guidelines for the use of Diagnosis, Assessment and Management of Lymphoedema
• more research...»

Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database

Research about Breast carcinoma

Visit our research pages for current research about Breast carcinoma treatments.

Breast carcinoma: Broader Related Topics

• Breast Cancer
• Cancer
• Breast conditions
• Soft tissue tumors
• more types...»

Types of Breast carcinoma

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