Awareness and current knowledge of breast cancer

Biological research: BR

Muhammad Akram²  Mehwish Iqbal³  Muhammad Daniyal³  Asmat Ullah Khan⁴ 

[1] Neuropsychobiology, Department of Pharmacology, RibeirãDepartment of Eastern Medicine and Surgery, Directorate of Medical Sciences, GC University Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan;Faculty of Eastern Medicine, Hamdard University Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan;Laboratory of Neuroanatomy &o Paulo, Brazil;o Paulo, SãoPreto Medical School of the University of Sã

关键词: Breast cancer;    Chemotherapy;    Gene therapy;    Stem cell therapy;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40659-017-0140-9

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: BioMed Central

【 摘 要 】

Breast cancer remains a worldwide public health dilemma and is currently the most common tumour in the globe. Awareness of breast cancer, public attentiveness, and advancement in breast imaging has made a positive impact on recognition and screening of breast cancer. Breast cancer is life-threatening disease in females and the leading cause of mortality among women population. For the previous two decades, studies related to the breast cancer has guided to astonishing advancement in our understanding of the breast cancer, resulting in further proficient treatments. Amongst all the malignant diseases, breast cancer is considered as one of the leading cause of death in post menopausal women accounting for 23% of all cancer deaths. It is a global issue now, but still it is diagnosed in their advanced stages due to the negligence of women regarding the self inspection and clinical examination of the breast. This review addresses anatomy of the breast, risk factors, epidemiology of breast cancer, pathogenesis of breast cancer, stages of breast cancer, diagnostic investigations and treatment including chemotherapy, surgery, targeted therapies, hormone replacement therapy, radiation therapy, complementary therapies, gene therapy and stem-cell therapy etc for breast cancer.

【 授权许可】

CC BY