Breast Cancer Treatment San Francisco

Breast Cancer Treatment San Francisco Have you been diagnosed with Breast Cancer San Francisco area? There is help: Integrative Immunotherapy. We have searched for breast cancer treatment San Francisco strategies and found that complete long-term remissions are achievable even in the advanced stages of cancer. These optimized treatments have helped patients remain free of cancer for decades. What we discovered is a comprehensive treatment system that places equal focus and importance on both the cancer tumor itself and on the internal bodily environment which promotes its growth. It is a two-pronged attack, which consists of 1. Immunotherapy, i.e. non-toxic treatments designed to restore the immune system and the body’s regulatory and repair mechanisms to recognize and eliminate cancer cells. 2. Standard Treatments centered on the cancer cells and tumors. The Issels Treatment System is a remarkably effective strategy not only for breast cancer treatment, but for all cancers of all types and stages. It is a truly integrative immunotherapeutical approach with a 50-year track record of outstanding results. Integrative Immunotherapy integrates effective state-of-the-art technologies including cancer vaccines and other scientifically validated therapies according to the individual patient’s requirements. Its components are non-toxic and can be given in conjunction with standard treatments when indicated. Standard cancer treatments, although having made great strides in their ability to eradicate cancer cells and tumors, are merely aimed at the malignancy and ignore, and sometimes aggravate, the underlying condition, which led to the formation of the tumor in the first place. Unless the preconditions for the growth of a cancer tumor are corrected, the high risk of disease progression and recurrence remains.

Therefore, the Issels Treatment focuses with the same importance on both the cancer and its underlying condition, i.e. the impairment of the body’s regulatory, repair and immune mechanism. The Issels Treatment is a very comprehensive Integrative Immunotherapy with documented examples of complete longterm remissions as well as recent cases of advanced cancers including breast cancer. What is Breast Cancer ? Breast Cancer is the growth of one or more cancerous tumors in the mammary gland and tissues of a woman’s breast. Breast Cancer has increased in the countries of western civilization during the past decades and become the most prominent female cancer. In very rare cases, breast cancer also develops in men. In the United States the National Cancer Institute estimated for 2008 about 182,460 new cases of breast cancer in women and 1,990 cases of breast cancer in men with deaths of 40,480 in women and 450 in men. There are several types and stages of breast cancer. •

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Inflammatory breast cancer is characterized by a diffused inflammation and enlargement of the breast, sometimes without a mass. Ductal carcinoma in situ is the most common type of noninvasive breast cancer with cancer cells found within the milk ducts but not yet spread into the breast tissue. Invasive ductal carcinoma is the most common type of invasive breast cancer and is responsible for approximately 80% of all cancers. With this type of carcinoma cancer cells are found in both the milk ducts and the breast tissue. Invasive ductal carcinoma may spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body if not stopped. Invasive lobular carcinoma is responsible for approximately 10 to 15% of all breast cancers. With this type of carcinoma cancer cells first grow in the lobes of the breast where the milk is produced. They have the ability to spread to other parts of the breast and also to other parts of the body.

Stage 0 ( Carcinoma in Situ) Carcinoma in Situ means that there are abnormal cells either in the lobular lining (LCIS) or in the ductal lining (DCIS), but have not yet moved to other breast tissue. The diagnosis of LCIS increases the risk of cancer for both breasts and DCIS can become invasive if left untreated. Stage I In Stage I Breast Cancer the tumor is no larger than three-quarters of an inch (2 centimeters) across and cancer cells have not been found in other parts of the body. Stage II In Stage II Breast Cancer, the tumor is typically between 2 to 5 centimeters (three-quarters of an inch to 2 inches) across. In Stage II Breast Cancer, the cancer may have spread to lymph nodes near the breast. Stage III Stage III Breast Cancer is considered a locally advanced breast cancer that has spread to nearby tissue or lymph nodes. Stage IV Stage IV Breast Cancer has spread to other parts of the body, i.e. has developed metastases. The criteria of diagnosing and staging are the same for every patient with breast cancer. However, even if the pathological diagnosis shows the same type of cancerous cell and the staging shows the same degree of progression, every patient has her own individual breast cancer as a result of many different combinations of causal factors ranging from inherited constitution and disposition to adopted life style. Therefore, the optimal strategy against breast cancer, against any cancer, requires a personalized treatment.