Saturday, 29 September 2012

What is a breast biopsy?

What is a breast biopsy?


A biopsy is a procedure in which all or part of the growth suspicious breast is removed and examined, usually the presence of cancer. Growth sample is drawn through a needle or a cut through surgery. The sample is then examined and evaluated under a microscope by a pathologist to identify non-cancerous (benign) or cancerous (malignant).

Terms used to designate the abnormal area or growth before and after diagnosis can include lump, mass, lesions and tumors.


What is the purpose of a breast biopsy?


The fundamental objective of a breast biopsy is to determine whether or not a worrisome tumor is cancer and, if it is cancer, what kind. When no cancer is detected, the diagnosis of a benign or harmless tumor is reassuring.



What specialties of the doctors and professional breast biopsies?
Many doctors and health care professionals may be involved in the evaluation of a woman for a breast biopsy.
For example, abnormalities of the breast can be seen during a physical examination by a doctor of family, internist, gynecologist or nurse. Women themselves are often the first to detect abnormalities in her breasts.
Radiologists are specialized in the interpretation of x-rays such as mammograms, as well as other imaging studies. Radiologists or surgeons usually perform the procedure to get the sample of breast tissue.
Anaesthetists (specialists in the administration of anesthesia and monitoring of vital signs of the patient) are sometimes needed during surgical procedures.
Pathologists are specialists of the doctor who examined, identified under the microscope, the type of cells in samples and determine if cancer is present.

Who should have a breast biopsy?

Anyone, female or male, with a growth of suspicious breast or other symptoms of breast cancer should undergo a biopsy. Ninety-nine percent of all breast cancers occur in women, however, men can and suffering from breast cancer. Therefore, men should regularly examine their breasts like females for bumps or other symptoms of cancer. (Men with the gene disorder Klinefelter syndrome, which is associated with the development of breast augmentation surgery, they have about the same risk of developing cancer of the breast than women).


In what environment does the breast biopsy?

Breast biopsy are performed in the doctor's Office, outpatient clinic or in the center of the Hospital operating room. The setting depends on the size and location of the growth, the overall health of the patient and the type of biopsy performed. Because doctors can perform biopsies in short time with minimal risk of serious complications, the patient usually must remain hospitalized at night unless an underlying health problem required careful monitoring.


What can indicate a benign outcome?

The most common benign tumors of the breast are cysts (sacks filled with liquid or semi-solid material), intraductal Papilloma (wart small tumors that project over a surface of fabric) and bulges formed by fat necrosis (death of tissue, often as the result of trauma to the chest). A fibroadenoma is the most common type of benign (non-cancerous) breast cancer tumor found in young women


How to find a suspicious breast augmentation?

Growth of suspicious breast self examination of the patient, the clinical examination by a doctor, or procedure of projection as a mammogram by can be found.

Patients who discovered a lump in a breast should consult a doctor for the test. Also see a doctor if you find a piece in the armpit or above collarbone (any can indicate the presence of spread of the cancer). Finally, see a doctor if you have:

Skin red or irritated MOM,
scaly skin in the chest,
dimple in the skin of the chest,
swelling of the skin of the chest,
nipple discharge that is not milk,
retraction of the nipple or the investment
nipple, itching,
a change in the size or shape of a breast, or
Breast pain.
Do not forget that these signs and symptoms does not necessarily indicate the presence of cancer.


Do if the patient reveals to the doctor on growth?

The patient should inform the physician during growth, which was its size at the time relative to its current size and location. The patient must also indicate the family history of breast cancer, and human history

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