Navigating Breast Cancer Treatment: Your Options Explored - with Dr Tasha

When faced with a diagnosis of breast cancer, it's natural to feel overwhelmed and uncertain about the next steps. However, it's essential to remember that there are various treatment options available, tailored to your specific situation. Typically, breast cancer treatment plans are personalized based on factors such as the type and stage of cancer, your overall health, and your preferences.
Your treatment options may include surgery, such as lumpectomy or mastectomy, to remove the cancerous tissue. Additionally, you may undergo radiation therapy to target any remaining cancer cells in the breast area. Chemotherapy, hormone therapy, or targeted therapy drugs may also be recommended to destroy cancer cells or prevent them from growing and spreading.
Your healthcare team will work closely with you to discuss the benefits and potential side effects of each treatment option, helping you make informed decisions that align with your goals and values. Remember that you're not alone in this journey-your medical team, along with supportive friends and family, are here to provide guidance, encouragement, and care every step of the way.
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DISCLAIMER: Due to the complexities of medical conditions, individual medical advice cannot be given. Information provided in this channel is not a substitute for a consultation with a specialist.
WORRIED ABOUT A BREAST LUMP OR SYMPTOM?
FRUSTRATED AND CONFUSED BY CONFLICTING INFORMATION?
TRYING TO NAVIGATE LIFE AFTER A BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND DON’T KNOW WHERE TO TURN?
Breast health has become an important topic for both women and men. But with a huge amount of conflicting and confusing information out there, it can be hard to find the advice, support, and care that you need.
My Breast My Health was created to make understanding breast health easy. Whether you’re looking to learn how to keep your breasts healthy, concerned about new symptoms or learning to live post-diagnosis, you’re in the right place.
Hi, I'm Dr Tasha
I’m a Doctor, Breast Cancer Surgeon, and Medical Educator. After 20 years of helping people understand and overcome breast health problems, I’ve seen firsthand the fear, frustration, and stress that my patients go through.
As a breast specialist with over a decade’s worth of experience, I understand finding the right information, processing a diagnosis, understanding treatment, and getting accurate, practical advice as you ride the rollercoaster of emotions can be really tough.
But I’m here to help.
The internet can be a wonderful source of information but when it comes to breast health there’s a lot of inaccurate information out there. Listening to the wrong advice could cause you unnecessary worry or even put your health at risk.
So I wanted to create an accessible hub where you could find useful, accurate, and reliable information from a trusted source - a Breast Health Doctor - all in one place.
That’s exactly what you’ll find here on my KZbin Channel.
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[@annakarenina3188]

Thank you Dr Tasha. This would be a really useful video to share in the various online Breast Cancer groups I'm in.... Many newly diagnosed women ask about this exact topic. Please may I ask, I'm De Novo stage 4 (bone mets), recently started on Ribociclib. I could handle the peer review literature when I thought I was stage 3. But this is now way beyond my academic knowledge/reading levels. Would it be possible for you to do a video on how breast cancer becomes metastatic, please? And, am I growing breast cells inside my bones now? Or is it that my bone cells have developed the loss of e-cadherin and become discohesive, but they're still bone marrow/osteo cells & not breast? (Have been joking I have boobs growing in my spine: which would be a strange AI nightmare image! But is that actually accurate?) Am I correct in thinking the cancer reprogrammed my lymph nodes to see it as "friend", so my immune system wouldn't attack it? And from this video, you're suggesting that Ribociclib may reprogramme my immune system back to seeing cancer as "foe" or do bone mets mean that's impossible now? I'm on Ribo as part of compassionate care pathway, only early-mid 40s. With my subtype being lobular. Sorry for so many questions: have found oncology fascinating to read academically, but due to gaps in medical knowledge, I don't know enough now to understand Stage 4. Thank you for all your help Dr Tasha. I hope you can either become monetised soon, or would be allowed to turn on super thanks for donations to BC research charities. 🩷🩷

[@lauraarciga7783]

Thank you Dr Tasha I’m doing everything right after treatment. exercise daily change my eating and have a positive mindset. My only downfall is that I am a cannabis user. Is this harmful for reoccurrence? I’m in the dark about this one. I’m able to stop if this is not good for me but it’s hard to if you can respond please do thank you, Dr. Tasha.