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| Deputy Chief Yukiko Tadokoro, M.D., Ph.D. |
Senior Staff Tomomi Hayashi, M.D. |
Senior Staff Emima Bekku, M.D. |
Rikako Yamamura, M.D. |
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| Kaoru Takahashi, M.D., Ph.D. |
In Japan, the number of newly-diagnosed breast cancer patients has been increasing each year. Among cancers for women in Japan, breast cancer is now the most common. Unlike cancers in other body regions, of which the risk becomes bigger in step with age, this particular disease becomes more and more common in 30’s, achieves a peak during the age period between late 40’s and 50’s (or early 60’s), and then it becomes less common after that. It is one of the cancers which women should be especially cautious about, but complete cure can be expected when it is detected early enough and optimal therapies are provided. The therapies, including operation (surgical treatment), chemotherapy with anti-cancer drugs and/or hormone drugs, and radiation therapy, are chosen and tailored, or combined, depending on the symptomatic state of each patient. Among them, operations are performed at the Division of Breast Surgery.
The choice of optimal cancer treatment starts with a precise diagnosis. At the Shizuoka Cancer Center, the latest, cutting-edge diagnostic image modalities are being used, and highly-skilled specialists for diagnostic images for breast cancer collaborating with pathologists provide very precise diagnoses.
Therapeutic strategies for breast cancer vary depending on the disease progressions. At the Shizuoka Cancer Center, operations (surgical treatments) are performed at the Division of Breast Surgery for the early stages (or partially-advanced stages), while chemotherapy with anti-cancer drugs and/or hormone drugs for advanced stages is provided at the Division of Breast Oncology. A team called the “Breast Disease Group” has been organized involving the Divisions of Breast of Oncology and Breast Imaging/Breast Intervention Radiology, where patients whose diagnoses are not confirmed yet are taken care of. Specialists with various backgrounds in the Breast Disease Group work together to discuss on each case, and bring about the optimal therapy plan for each patient.
Efforts are always made for breast-conservation with the surgeries. However, there can be the cases where breasts need to be removed completely because of the cancer progressions. In recent years, breast reconstruction techniques have proven significant progress and there are various methods to choose from. The Division of Breast Surgery starts collaborating with the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery even before the operation itself, and work together with them through the course of surgical treatment, in order to plan on the systematic removal and reconstruction of the breast. The involvement of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery offers tremendous moral supports to patients losing breasts for cancer therapy.
There have been many new cancer therapies developed lately, including the ones based on genetic studies, which have led great improvements in the outcomes. Among them, newly-developed anti-cancer drugs have shown significant improvements, and they are now often used in conjunction with surgeries. At the Division of Breast Surgery, as well as the Division of Breast Oncology where chemotherapy is provided, participation in clinical studies for new cancer therapies and new drugs is being highly promoted.
Breast cancer is one of the cancers which can be cured completely when they are detected at early stages. At the same time, it should be noted that this is a type of cancer which you can identify the presence yourself. If you notice (or, you feel that you do) a lump in the breast or in the armpit, feel a pain in the breast, have ooze from the nipple, or just worry about the symptoms in these areas, please do not hesitate to visit us.
Specialist Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
Councilor, Certified Specialist and Supervisory Doctor, the Japanese Breast Cancer Society
Interim Supervisory Doctor and General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
Clinical Genetic Specialist Authorized by the Japanese Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics, Clinical Genetics
Doctor for Radiogram Interpretation at the Breast Cancer Screening Certified by the Japan Central Organization on Quality Assurance of Breast Cancer Screening
The Japanese Cancer Association
The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology
The Japan Surgical Association
The Japan Society of Human Genetics
The Japan Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Society
The Japan Association of Breast Cancer Screening
The Japanese Society for Hereditary Tumors
Specialist Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
Specialist and Supervisory Doctor Certified by the Japanese Breast Cancer Society
General Clinical Oncologist Certified by the Japanese Board of Cancer Therapy
Doctor for Radiogram Interpretation at the Breast Cancer Screening Certified by the Japan Central Organization on Quality Assurance of Breast Cancer Screening
The Japanese Cancer Association
The Japan Society of Clinical Oncology
The Japanese Surgical Association
The Japan Society of Human Genetics
The Japan Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Society
The Japan Association of Breast Cancer Screening
The Japanese Society of Medical Oncology
Specialist Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
The Japanese Breast Cancer Society
Doctor for Radiogram Interpretation at the Breast Cancer Screening Certified by the Japan Central Organization on Quality Assurance of Breast Cancer Screening
Specialist Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
The Japanese Breast Cancer Society
The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery
Specialist Certified by the Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology
The Japanese Surgical Association
The Japan Surgical Society
The Japanese Breast Cancer Society
Doctor for Radiogram Interpretation at the Breast Cancer Screening Certified by the Japan Central Organization on Quality Assurance of Breast Cancer Screening
breast surgery
Councilor, Certified Specialist and Supervisory Doctor, the Japanese Breast Cancer Society
Specialist and Supervisory Doctor Certified by the Japan Surgical Society
Councilor, the Japan Surgical Association
Councilor, the Japan Association of Breast and Thyroid Sonology
Doctor for Radiogram Interpretation at the Breast Cancer Screening Certified by the Japan Central Organization on Quality Assurance of Breast Cancer Screening
The Japan Association of Breast Cancer Screening
The Japan Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Society
breast surgery
obsterics and gynecology
Certified Doctor, the Japanese Breast Cancer Society
Specialist Certified by the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Doctor for Radiogram Interpretation at the Breast Cancer Screening Certified by the Japan Central Organization on Quality Assurance of Breast Cancer Screening
