In reference to the case scenario, there are various lifestyle factors that should be considered during the patient’s treatment course in order to improve her clinical outcome and prognosis. Among the key lifestyle factors include; dietary patterns, level of physical activity as well as behavioral patterns. With regard to this, the healthcare professional should consider the patients dietary habits and educate the need to consume healthy diets such as vegetables, whole grains and fruits (Senkus et al., 2013). In addition, the healthcare provider should foster regular physical exercises in the patient in order to maintain a healthy weight and improve her outcome and prognosis (Pena et al., 2014). More importantly, the care provider should consider the patient’s behavioral and social patterns in order to come up with effective treatment plans that can adequately overcome various barriers associated with behavioral patterns and foster healthy behavioral modification such as stress management. For instance, the care provider should foster optimal patient support especially by encouraging the patient to interact with other survivors of the disease and foster social support especially from her family members.
The development of cysts in among the key symptoms associated with fibrocystic breast disease. Essentially, these cysts usually have sacs that normally contain fluids and the cystic sacs grow bigger mainly during menstruation due to excess retention of fluids in the body (Visscher et al., 2016).
The presence of a solid lesion mainly suggests that there is a large possibility of having benign breast cancer. Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (IDC) is the most prevalent type of breast cancer that affects a considerable number of women. According to the Breastcancer.org, over 80% of the breast cancer cases are found to be Invasive Ductal Carcinoma and the disease mainly occurs due to breast tissue invasion by the cancerous cells.
References
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Senkus, E., Kyriakides, S., Penault-Llorca, F., Poortmans, P., Thompson, A., Zackrisson, S., & Cardoso, F. (2013). Primary breast cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. Annals of Oncology, mdt284.
Visscher, D. W., Frost, M. H., Hartmann, L. C., Frank, R. D., Vierkant, R. A., McCullough, A. E., & Farrell, A. M. (2016). Clinicopathologic features of breast cancers that develop in women with previous benign breast disease.Cancer, 122(3), 378-385.
