As the most common cancer in the UK, breast cancer affects around 48,000 women a year, it mostly affects women over the age of 50, however younger women and in some cases even men can be affected by the disease. A multidisciplinary team or MDT is available to cancer patients to provide them with the best possible care and treatments for each individual patient. The MDT team consists of a specialized oncologic surgeon, an oncologist, a radiologist, a pathologist, a radiographer, a reconstructive surgeon and a specialized nurse. In addition to these specialized people, you may also need an occupational therapist, a dietician and a physiotherapist, all of this is based on the needs and circumstances of different people. Doctors need to consider the following things when treating a cancer patient: - The stage and grade of the cancer - General health status - If you are in menopause There are several ways to treat breast cancer, they are as follows: - Surgery - Chemotherapy - Radiotherapy- Herceptin- Hormone TherapiesSurgery: Surgery is not always the first option given to patients, however it is an option. Some surgeries involve removing lymph nodes in the armpit, or doctors will check them to make sure they are all as they should be. Before undergoing surgery for breast cancer, doctors will evaluate whether it is necessary to remove the entire breast or just a portion, which depends on the size of the cancer, its severity and its location. In some cases, women are advised to undergo treatment with hormone therapy or chemotherapy to try to shrink the cancer before undergoing surgery. There is no cure for breast cancer yet, but there are a couple of things that can reduce the risk...... middle of paper...... with the second dose this drops to 1% of children which still remain at risk. A child between the ages of 6 and 13 months exposed to the measles virus is normally given the MMR vaccine to protect him or her from developing measles. If the child receives the vaccine before his first birthday, 2 more doses should be given, which should also be given around 13 months of age and before starting school. A baby younger than 6 months old who has had a mother who has had measles in the past is usually immune to the infection because the mother's protective antibodies were passed to the baby while she was in the womb. Works Cited http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Measles/Pages/Treatment.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Bulimia/Pages/Treatment.aspx http://www.macmillan.org. uk/Cancerinformation/Cancertypes/Breast/Treatingbreastcancer/Surgery/Surgeryforbreastcancer.aspx