At Prolife Cancer Centre, we provide most comprehensive and advanced treatment for breast cancer. We stick to our mission and core values to cure and provide a better quality of life for our patients. We offer you the best Breast Cancer Treatment in Pune with a sophisticated infrastructure. We at Prolife, provide complete care to our patients from early detection and prevention, to better diagnostics and treatment options. Dr. Sumit Shah, breast surgeon, provides the best treatment for breast cancer in Pune. He constantly take efforts to serve breast cancer patients. He has vast experience in handling critical breast cancer cases.
At Prolife Cancer Centre our medical oncologist, radiation oncologist, surgical oncologist and reconstructive surgeon work together as a team to achieve the best possible outcome. They coordinate care and develop a comprehensive treatment plans that’s unique to each patient’s disease and their needs.
Dr. Sumit Shah, founder of Prolife Cancer Centre & Research Institute, is a distinguished Chief Consultant, Surgical Oncologist, and Robotic surgeon. His exceptional expertise in surgical oncology is underlined by his recognition as the Best Outgoing Cancer Surgeon during his super-specialty course at the Cancer Centre Welfare Home and Res. Institute in Kolkata. This renowned cancer specialist in Pune offers comprehensive integrated breast cancer treatments at his state-of-the-art facility.
Breast cancer develops due to uncontrolled growth of cells in the breast. There are various types of breast cancer. It depends on area in which cells of breast turn into cancer.
In India, for every 2 women diagnosed newly with breast cancer, 1 woman dies. In India, it is the most common cancer in women and accounts for 14% of all cancers.
On average, 1 in 28 women is likely to develop breast cancer.
In India, the percentage of developing breast cancer is higher in urban areas, 1 in 22 women is likely to develop breast cancer during her lifetime as compared to rural areas where 1 in 60 women develops breast cancer in her lifetime.
Breast cancer was the most common cancer in women being cities like Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram, and Dibrugarh. The relative proportion of breast cancer in females varied from 14.4% in Guwahati to 30.3% in Mumbai.
It can begin in different parts of the breast. A breast is divided into 3 main parts:
Breast cancer occurs when some cells of the breast begin to grow abnormally. These cells divide more rapidly than healthy cells, do and continue to accumulate, forming a lump or mass. Cells may spread (metastasize) through your breast to your lymph nodes or to other parts of your body. Commonly, it begins with cells in the milk-producing ducts (invasive ductal carcinoma). Breast cancer may also begin in the glandular tissue called lobules (invasive lobular carcinoma) or in other cells or tissue within the breast.
Breast cancer can spread outside the breast through blood and lymph vessels. When breast cancer spreads to other parts of the body, it is said to have metastasized.
Symptoms of breast cancer vary from person to person and there is no exact definition of what a lump or mass feels like. The best thing is to perform self-examination regularly and if you notice any changes, consult a doctor. However, breast cancer can be detected by mammograms before any symptoms appear.
Keep in mind that these symptoms can happen with other conditions that are not cancer.
If you have any signs or symptoms that worry you then meet Dr. Sumit Shah who is one of the best Breast Cancer Surgeon in Pune.
For most patients, a diagnosis of breast cancer starts with an imaging test. It may be regular screening test such a yearly mammogram or can be prompted by a suspicious lump, redness or thickening of the breast skin. Diagnose your cancer at Prolife Cancer Centre Pune, Where you get world-class diagnosis treatment at very affordable cost.
Most breast imaging is carried out with a mammogram or ultrasound. Occasionally, doctors will use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or other specialized examinations.
If an unusual or suspicious mass or skin thickening is observed during imaging test, doctors tests sample tissue. In many cases, this biopsy is performed during the initial imaging exam in order to speed up the diagnosis. If in biopsy, cancerous tissue is detected, additional imaging and biopsies may be needed to determine the exact scope of the disease. It also tells whether the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes or other parts of the body.
Our Surgeon perform additional analysis of the cancer cells themselves to determine the disease’s receptor subtype. By understanding the subtype, they can develop a comprehensive, personalized treatment plan.
A prognosis is the doctor’s best estimate of how cancer will affect someone and how it will respond to treatment.
Prognosis and survival depend on many factors. Only a doctor familiar with your medical history, the type, stage and characteristics of your cancer, the treatments are chosen and the response to treatment can put all of this information together with survival statistics to arrive at a prognosis.
A prognostic factor is an aspect of cancer or a characteristic of the person that the doctor will consider when making a prognosis.
A predictive factor influences how cancer will respond to a certain treatment. Prognostic and predictive factors both play a part in deciding on a treatment plan and a prognosis.
Doctors use different prognostic and predictive factors for newly diagnosed and recurrent breast cancers.
Like all surgeries, breast cancer surgery is most successful when performed by a specialist with a great deal of experience in the particular procedure. At the start of treatment, care teams assess if the patient needs reconstructive surgery. If so, our breast cancer surgeons and reconstructive surgeons work together to plan procedures that minimize incisions and possible scarring. Their goal is to achieve the most effective surgery and the best possible cosmetic outcome and symmetry.
Some patients will receive chemotherapy or targeted therapy prior to surgery. The goal of these treatments is to shrink the tumor and any involved lymph nodes in order to make the procedure and recovery as easy as possible for the patient. This also allows the treating team to assess how the cancer has responded to treatment, which can be important for some breast cancer subtypes.
In some cases, both breasts are removed. This can help prevent the development of new breast cancer. It is typically done for patients are at high risk for developing breast cancer due to family history or their own genetic profile, such as a BRCA mutation.
Radiation therapy uses powerful beams of energy carefully designed to kill breast cancer cells.
At most hospitals, the radiation oncologist developing these treatments works on several different types of cancer. At Prolife Cancer Centre, radiation oncologists are dedicated exclusively to caring for patients with breast cancer. This gives them incredibly deep experience to draw from when designing treatment plans. In addition, each breast cancer radiation treatment plan is reviewed by every breast radiation oncology faculty member, ensuring that patients receive the best possible treatment.
For breast cancer patients, radiation therapy can be used before surgery to shrink large tumors or after surgery in order to kill any remaining breast cancer cells that can’t be seen by the naked eye. It can also be used as a palliative treatment to reduce symptoms caused by cancer spreading to other parts of the body and improve the patient’s quality of life.
At Prolife Cancer Centre, your care for breast cancer is personalized. Your cancer care team will interact closely and work together, and with you, to customize your care, including the most advanced therapies with the least impact on your body. Dr. Sumit Shah is the famous Breast Cancer Surgeon in Pune . If you have any query related breast cancer then contact our experts or visit our Best Cancer Hospital in Pune.
Breast cancer occurs due to uncontrolled cell growth of mutated cells that begin to spread into other tissues within the breast. It is not contagious. It does not spread or transfer due to contact with person with this disease.
8 out of 10 lumps are not cancer. Only few lumps turn out to be cancer. But if you notice any change in your breast tissue, don’t ignore it! Immediately consult breast cancer specialist for clinical breast exam.
Quite the contrary, it is observed that, each year approximately 2,190 men are diagnosed with breast cancer out of 410 will die. Therefore, men should also undergo for a breast self-exam and reporting doctor if any changes to their breast are observed.
Women with family history of breast cancer are at a higher risk group. Statistically, about 5% to 10% of patients diagnosed with breast cancer have a family history of this disease.
