In the past a very long period of time, breast cancer, the blow to the young women are often more heavily than older women. Young patients sometimes need surgical removal, or removal of ovarian function through radiation! Ovary is the organ representing the female physiology, loss of the ovary to the young patients, both physical and psychological point of view, is a heavy blow, for a small number of patients who did not in terms of fertility and may even lead to marriage and family breakdown.
The reason for removal of the ovaries, because the younger post-menopausal breast cancer patients has not been done, would be a large number of ovaries produce estrogen, estrogen breast cancer survival is precisely the “nutrients”; elderly patients are usually due to menopause, ovaries have ceased to produce female hormone, estrogen synthesis is generated by other means. Therefore, the impact of age on breast cancer patients not only in psychology and life, but also reflect the difference in the treatment program: the young women the risk of recurrence than older women; and different age groups in patients with estrogen in vivo environment is not the same, the relationship between estrogen levels with risk of breast cancer recurrence. We should know that breast cancer itself is not terrible, terrible is the postoperative recurrence and metastasis, this is leading to the main causes of death of breast cancer patients!
To reduce the risk of relapse, patients need to inhibit or reduce the secretion of estrogen and reduce the level or block the estrogen pathway. This is taken into account when developing treatment protocols of the most critical factor. In the past, “killed” is the suppression of ovarian estrogen levels of young women an effective means. With the development of medical technology, as well as the concept of humane treatment of promotion, and now, Paul has been promoted ovarian treatment.
