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Breast Cancer

Definition

Breast cancer, the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in women, is the disease women fear most. Experts predict 178,000 women will develop breast cancer in the United States in 2007. Breast cancer can also occur in men, but it's far less common. For 2007, the predicted number of new breast cancers in men is 2,000.

Yet there's more reason for optimism than ever before. In the last 30 years, doctors have made great strides in early diagnosis and treatment of the disease and in reducing breast cancer deaths. In 1975, a diagnosis of breast cancer usually meant radical mastectomy — removal of the entire breast along with underarm lymph nodes and muscles underneath the breast. Today, radical mastectomy is rarely performed. Instead, there are more and better treatment options, and many women are candidates for breast-sparing operations.

Symptoms

Knowing the signs and symptoms of breast cancer may help save your life. When the disease is discovered early, you have more treatment options and a better chance for a cure.

Most breast lumps aren't cancerous. Yet the most common sign of breast cancer for both men and women is a lump or thickening in the breast. Often, the lump is painless. Other potential signs of breast cancer include:

• A spontaneous clear or bloody discharge from your nipple, often associated with a breast lump
• Retraction or indentation of your nipple
• A change in the size or contours of your breast
• Any flattening or indentation of the skin over your breast
• Redness or pitting of the skin over your breast, like the skin of an orange

A number of conditions other than breast cancer can cause your breasts to change in size or feel. Breast tissue changes naturally during pregnancy and your menstrual cycle. Other possible causes of noncancerous (benign) breast changes include fibrocystic changes, cysts, fibroadenomas, infection or injury.

If you find a lump or other change in your breast — even if a recent mammogram was normal — see your doctor for evaluation. If you haven't yet gone through menopause, you may want to wait through one menstrual cycle before seeing your doctor. If the change hasn't gone away after a month, have it evaluated promptly.

Causes

In breast cancer, some of the cells in your breast begin growing abnormally. These cells divide more rapidly than healthy cells do and may spread (metastasize) through your breast, to your lymph nodes or to other parts of your body. The most common type of breast cancer begins in the milk-producing ducts, but cancer may also begin in the lobules or in other breast tissue.

In most cases, it isn't clear what causes normal breast cells to become cancerous. Doctors do know that only 5 percent to 10 percent of breast cancers are inherited. Families that do have genetic defects in one of two genes, breast cancer gene 1 (BRCA1) or breast cancer gene 2 (BRCA2), have a much greater risk of developing both breast and ovarian cancer. Other inherited mutations — including the ataxia-telangiectas ia mutation gene, the cell-cycle checkpoint kinase 2 (CHEK-2) gene and the p53 tumor suppressor gene — also make it more likely that you'll develop breast cancer. If one of these genes is present in your family, you have a 50 percent chance of having the gene.

Breast anatomy

Each of your breasts contains 15 to 20 lobes of glandular tissue, arranged like the petals of a daisy. The lobes are further divided into smaller lobules that produce milk during pregnancy and breast-feeding. Small ducts conduct the milk to a reservoir that lies just beneath your nipple. Supporting this network is a deeper layer of connective tissue called stroma.

Yet most genetic mutations related to breast cancer aren't inherited. These acquired mutations may result from radiation exposure — women treated with chest radiation therapy for lymphoma in childhood or during adolescence when breasts are developing have a significantly higher incidence of breast cancer than do women not exposed to radiation. Mutations may also develop as a result of exposure to cancer-causing chemicals, such as the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons found in tobacco and charred red meats.

Researchers are now trying to discover whether a relationship exists between a person's genetic makeup and environmental factors that may increase the risk of breast cancer. Breast cancer eventually may prove to have a number of causes.

Risk Factors

A risk factor is anything that makes it more likely you'll get a particular disease. Some risk factors, such as your age, sex and family history, can't be changed, whereas others, including weight, smoking and a poor diet, are under your control.

But having one or even several risk factors doesn't necessarily mean you'll develop cancer — most women with breast cancer have no known risk factors other than simply being women. In fact, being female is the single greatest risk factor for breast cancer. Although men can develop the disease, it's far more common in women.

Other factors that may make you more susceptible to breast cancer include:

• Age. Your chances of developing breast cancer increase with age. Close to 80 percent of breast cancers occur in women older than age 50. In your 30s, you have a one in 233 chance of developing breast cancer. By age 85, your chance is one in eight.
• A personal history of breast cancer. If you've had breast cancer in one breast, you have an increased risk of developing cancer in the other breast.
• Family history. If you have a mother, sister or daughter with breast or ovarian cancer or both, or a male relative with breast cancer, you have a greater chance of also developing breast cancer. In general, the more relatives you have who were diagnosed with breast cancer before reaching menopause, the higher your own risk. If you have one first-degree relative — a mother, sister or daughter — who was diagnosed with the disease before age 50, your risk is doubled. If you have two or more relatives, your risk increases even more. Just because you have a family history of breast cancer doesn't mean it's hereditary, though. Most people with a family history of breast cancer (familial breast cancer risk) haven't inherited a defective gene, such as BRCA1 or BRCA2. Rather, cancer becomes so common in women who live into their 80s and beyond that random, noninherited breast tumors may appear in more than one member of a single family.
• Genetic predisposition. Between 5 percent and 10 percent of breast cancers are inherited. Defects in one of several genes, especially BRCA1 or BRCA2, put you at greater risk of developing breast, ovarian and colon cancers. Usually these genes help prevent cancer by making proteins that keep cells from growing abnormally. But if they have a mutation, the genes aren't as effective at protecting you from cancer.
• Radiation exposure. If you received radiation treatments to your chest as a child or young adult, you're more likely to develop breast cancer later in life. Your risk is greatest if you received radiation as an adolescent during breast development.
• Excess weight. The relationship between excess weight and breast cancer is complex. In general, weighing more than is healthy increases your risk, particularly if you gained the weight as an adolescent. But risk is even greater if you put the weight on after menopause. Your risk also is greater if you have more body fat in the upper part of your body.
• Early onset of menstrual cycles. If you got your period at a young age, especially before age 12, you may have a greater likelihood of developing breast cancer. Experts attribute this risk to the early exposure of the breast tissue to estrogen.
• Late menopause. If you enter menopause after age 55, you're more likely to develop breast cancer. Experts attribute this to the prolonged exposure of the breast tissue to estrogen.
• First pregnancy at older age. If your first full-term pregnancy occurs after age 30, or you never become pregnant, you have a greater chance of developing breast cancer. Although it's not entirely clear why, an early first pregnancy may protect breast tissue from developing genetic mutations that result from estrogen exposure.
• Race. White women are more likely to develop breast cancer than black, Hispanic or Asian women are, but black women are more likely to die of the disease because their cancers are found at a more advanced stage. Although some studies show that black women may have more aggressive tumors, it's also likely that the disparity is at least partially due to socioeconomic factors. Women of all races with incomes below the poverty level are more often diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer and more likely to die of the disease than are women with higher incomes. Low-income women often don't receive the routine medical care that would allow breast cancer to be discovered earlier.
• Hormone therapy. Treating menopausal symptoms with the hormone combination of estrogen and progesterone for four or more years increases your risk of breast cancer. In addition, therapy with estrogen and progesterone can make malignant tumors harder to detect on mammograms, leading to cancers that are diagnosed at more advanced stages and that are harder to treat. Using estrogen alone hasn't been shown to increase breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women.
• Birth control pills. Use of birth control pills is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women. The risk seems to be greater for women who use birth control pills for four or more years before their first full-term pregnancy, but since delayed first pregnancy is also a risk factor, part of the risk could be attributed to that. Overall, risk of breast cancer for users of birth control pills is small and appears to be confined to the short term. Risk levels return to normal within five to 10 years after discontinuing use. Using birth control pills also doesn't appear to further increase breast cancer risk in women with a family history of breast cancer or with a personal history of benign breast disease. Because this is an area of ongoing study, talk with your doctor about the latest information on the pill and breast cancer.
• Smoking. Evidence is mixed on the relationship between smoking and breast cancer risk. Some studies show no link between cigarette smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke and breast cancer. Others suggest that smoking increases breast cancer risk. Exposure to secondhand smoke and breast cancer risk remains an area of active research. Despite the controversy surrounding this issue, there are clear health benefits — other than minimizing breast cancer risk — to quitting smoking and limiting your exposure to secondhand smoke.
• Excessive use of alcohol. According to the American Cancer Society, women who drink more than one alcoholic beverage a day have about a 20 percent greater risk of breast cancer than do women who don't drink. To reduce your breast cancer risk, limit alcohol to no more than one drink daily.
• Precancerous breast changes (atypical hyperplasia, lobular carcinoma in situ). These changes are discovered only after you have a breast biopsy, most commonly done for another reason. If these changes are present, your risk of breast cancer is higher than it is for women who don't have one of these so-called "markers." If you have carcinoma in situ, discuss treatment and monitoring options with your doctor.

• Mammographic breast density. Breasts described as "dense" have a high ratio of connective and glandular tissue to fat. On X-ray images, dense breast tissue looks solid and white, so it can mask tumors and make mammograms difficult to interpret. Increasingly, though, breast density is also being recognized as a breast cancer risk factor in itself. The mechanism behind this increased risk is unknown.

  Your age and menopausal status affect your breast density. Younger women tend to have denser breasts. Hormones also have an effect — higher hormone levels generally mean denser breasts. Still, the actual increase in risk due to mammographic density is very small. If you're at high risk of breast cancer and your mammograms are difficult to interpret because of breast density, your doctor may recommend additional screening tests.

• When to Seek Medical Assistance

Although most breast changes aren't cancerous, it's important to have them evaluated promptly. See your doctor if you discover a lump or any of the other warning signs of breast cancer, especially if the changes persist after one menstrual cycle or they change the appearance of your breast. If you've been treated for breast cancer, report any new signs or symptoms immediately. Possible warning signs include a new lump in your breast or a bone ache or pain that doesn't go away after three weeks. In addition, talk to your doctor about developing a breast-screening program, which may vary, depending on your family history and other significant risk factors.

Test and Diagnosis

To perform a breast self-exam, use a circling, massaging motion and follow a clock pattern or a wedge pattern. Alternatively, you can use a sweeping motion to examine breast tissue — sweeping your fingers from the outer part of your breast in toward your nipple.

Screening — looking for evidence of disease before signs or symptoms appear — is the key to finding breast cancer in its early, treatable stages. Depending on your age and risk factors, screening may include breast self-examination, examination by your nurse or doctor (clinical breast exam), mammograms (mammography) or other tests.

Breast self-examination is an option beginning at age 20. By becoming proficient at breast self-examination and familiar with the usual appearance and feel of your breasts, you may be able to detect early signs of cancer. Learn how your breasts typically look and feel and watch for changes. If you detect a change, promptly bring it to your doctor's attention. Have your doctor review your examination technique if you'd like input or you have questions.

Clinical breast exam
Unless you have a family history of cancer or other factors that place you at high risk, the American Cancer Society recommends having clinical breast exams once every three years until age 40. After that, the American Cancer Society recommends having a yearly clinical exam.

During this exam, your doctor examines your breasts for lumps or other changes. He or she may be able to feel lumps you miss when you examine your own breasts and will also check for enlarged lymph nodes in your armpit (axilla).

Mammogram
A mammogram, which uses a series of X-ray images of your breast tissue, is currently the best imaging technique for detecting tumors before you or your doctor can feel them. For that reason, the American Cancer Society has long recommended screening mammography for all women over 40.

Two types of mammograms include:

• Screening mammograms. Screening mammograms are performed on a regular basis — about once a year — to check your breast tissue for any changes since your last mammogram.
• Diagnostic mammograms. Your doctor may recommend a diagnostic mammogram to evaluate a breast change detected by you or your doctor. During a diagnostic mammogram, the radiologist performing the exam can take additional views to evaluate the area of concern more closely.

Yet mammograms aren't perfect. A certain percentage of breast cancers — sometimes even lumps you can feel — don't show up on X-rays (false-negative result). The rate is higher for women in their 40s. That's because women of this age and younger tend to have denser breasts, making it more difficult to distinguish abnormal from normal tissue.

At other times, mammograms may indicate a problem when none exists (false-positive result). This can lead to unnecessary biopsies, to fear and anxiety, and to increased health care costs. The skill and experience of the radiologist reading the mammogram also have a significant effect on the accuracy of the test results. In spite of these drawbacks, however, most experts agree mammography is the most reliable screening test for most women.

During a mammogram, your breasts are compressed between plastic plates while a radiology technician takes the X-rays. The whole procedure should take less than 30 minutes. You may find mammography somewhat uncomfortable. If you have too much discomfort, inform the technician. If you have tender breasts, schedule your mammogram for a time after your menstrual period. Avoiding caffeine for two days before the test may help reduce breast tenderness.

Also available at some mammography centers is a soft, single-use, foam pad that can be placed on the surface of the compression plates of the mammography machine, making the test less uncomfortable. The pad doesn't interfere with the image quality of the mammogram.

If possible, try to schedule your mammogram around the same time as your annual clinical exam. That way the radiologist can specifically look at any changes your doctor may discover.

Most important, don't let a lack of health insurance keep you from having regular mammograms. Many state health departments and Planned Parenthood clinics offer low-cost or free screenings.

Other tests

• Computer-aided detection (CAD). In traditional mammography, your X-rays are reviewed by a radiologist, whose skill and experience play a large part in determining the accuracy of the test results. In CAD, a computer scans your mammogram after a radiologist has reviewed it. CAD identifies highly suspicious areas on the mammogram, allowing the radiologist to focus on specific spots, but many of these areas may later prove to be normal. Still, using mammography and CAD together may increase the cancer detection rate.
• Digital mammography. In this procedure, an electronic process is used to collect and display X-ray images on a computer screen. This allows your radiologist to alter contrast and darkness, making it easier to identify subtle differences in tissue. In addition, digital images can be transmitted electronically, so women who live in remote areas can have their mammograms read by an expert who is based elsewhere. Digital mammography has been found to be most helpful in evaluating dense breast tissue in women in their 40s.

• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This technique uses a magnet and radio waves to take pictures of the interior of your breast. Although not used for routine screening, MRI can reveal tumors that are too small to detect through physical exams or are difficult to see on conventional mammograms. MRI doesn't take the place of mammograms, but rather is performed as an additional (adjunct) study of the breast.

  MRI isn't recommended for routine screening on women at average risk because it has a high rate of false-positive results, leading to unnecessary anxiety and biopsies. It's also expensive, not readily available and requires interpretation by an experienced radiologist. However, the American Cancer Society now recommends annual screening MRI for women with a lifetime breast cancer risk of 20 percent or higher, women who received chest radiation between ages 10 and 30, and women with a strong family history of breast and ovarian cancers.

  Recent recommendations propose that women with newly diagnosed breast cancer in one breast have a one-time MRI done. MRI can detect breast tumors in the opposite (contralateral) breast missed by mammograms. The test can also detect additional lesions in the affected breast. However, whether finding early tumors in this situation improves treatment outcomes — and deaths from breast cancer — is still unknown.

• Breast ultrasound (ultrasonography) . Your doctor may use this technique to evaluate an abnormality seen on a mammogram or found during a clinical exam. Ultrasound uses sound waves to produce images of structures deep within the body. Because it doesn't use X-rays, ultrasound is a safe diagnostic tool that can help determine whether an area of concern is a cyst or solid tissue. But breast ultrasound isn't used for routine screening because it has a high rate of false-positive results — finding problems where none exist.

Experimental procedures

• Ductal lavage. In this procedure, your doctor inserts a tiny, flexible tube (catheter) into the lining of a duct in your breast — the site where most cancers originate — and withdraws a sample of cells. The cells are then examined for precancerous changes that might eventually lead to disease. These changes may show up long before tumors can be detected on a mammogram. But because ductal lavage is a new and invasive procedure, many unknowns remain, including the rate of false-negative results, the exact location in the breast of abnormal cells and whether those cells will necessarily lead to cancer. Clinical trials are being conducted to help find the answers to these questions. In the meantime, ductal lavage isn't recommended as a screening tool.
• Molecular breast imaging (MBI). This experimental technique tracks the movement of a radioactive isotope injected into the bloodstream and taken up by breast tissue, particularly tumors. In preliminary studies, MBI found small tumors that both mammography and ultrasound missed. It's not yet clear how any abnormal findings from MBI could be biopsied, but this is an area of study. Besides requiring some radiation, this imaging method also involves slight compression of the breast. This imaging technique is being studied in women with dense breast tissue and women at high risk of breast cancer. Depending on study results, MBI would most likely become an adjunct to — but not a replacement for — mammography.

Diagnostic procedures
Unlike screening tests, diagnostic procedures help to further characterize breast abnormalities found by some other means, such as by feeling a breast lump or seeing a spot on a mammogram or MRI. These tests help your doctor determine the need for a biopsy and also may be used to help guide a biopsy.

Ultrasound
Ultrasound uses sound waves to create an image of your breast on a computer screen. By analyzing this image, your doctor may be able to tell whether a lump is a cyst or a solid mass. Cysts, which are sacs of fluid, usually aren't cancerous, although your doctor may recommend draining the cyst. If the cyst appears very typical and disappears completely with removal of the fluid, then observation is the only follow-up necessary. If the cyst appears complex, doesn't disappear completely when the fluid is drained or contains bloody fluid, a biopsy is necessary to determine whether cancer is present.

Biopsy
A biopsy — a small sample of tissue removed for analysis in the laboratory — is the only test that can tell if cancer is present. Biopsies can provide important information about an unusual breast change and help determine whether surgery is needed and if so, the type of surgery required. Types of biopsies include:

• Fine-needle aspiration biopsy. Your doctor uses a thin, hollow needle to withdraw tissue from the lump. He or she then sends the tissue to a lab for microscopic analysis. The procedure takes about 30 minutes and is similar to drawing blood. A similar procedure — fine-needle aspiration — is typically performed to remove the fluid from a painful cyst, but it can also help distinguish a cyst from a solid mass.
• Core needle biopsy. A radiologist or surgeon uses a hollow needle to remove tissue samples from a breast lump. As many as 15 samples, each about the size of a grain of rice, may be taken then sent to a pathologist to be analyzed for malignant cells. The advantage of a core needle biopsy is that it removes more tissue for analysis. Sometimes your radiologist or surgeon may use ultrasound to help guide the placement of the needle.
• Stereotactic biopsy. This technique is used to sample and evaluate an area of concern, such as microcalcification, that can be seen on a mammogram but that cannot be felt or seen on an ultrasound. During the procedure, a radiologist takes a core needle biopsy, using your mammogram as a guide. Stereotactic biopsy usually takes about an hour and is performed using local anesthesia.
• Wire localization. Your doctor may recommend this technique when a worrisome lump is seen on a mammogram but can't be felt or evaluated with a stereotactic biopsy. Using your mammogram as a guide, a thin wire is placed in your breast and the tip guided to the lump. Wire localization is usually performed right before a surgical biopsy and is a way to guide the surgeon to the area to be removed and tested.
• Surgical biopsy. This remains one of the most accurate methods for determining whether a breast change is cancerous. During this procedure, your surgeon removes all or part of a breast lump. In general, a small lump will be completely removed (excisional biopsy). If the lump is large, only a sample will be taken (incisional biopsy). The biopsy is generally performed on an outpatient basis in a clinic or hospital.

Estrogen and progesterone receptor tests

Malignant cells removed in a biopsy can be tested for the presence of hormone receptors. If the cancer cells have receptors for estrogen or progesterone or both, your doctor may recommend treatment with a drug such as tamoxifen, which prevents estrogen from binding to these sites.

Staging tests
Staging tests determine the size and location of your cancer and whether it has spread. They also help with treatment planning. Cancer is staged using the numbers 0 through IV.

Stage 0 cancers are also called noninvasive, or in situ (in one place), cancers. Although they don't have the ability to invade normal breast tissue or spread to other parts of your body, it's important to have them removed because they eventually can become invasive cancers.

Stage I to IV cancers are invasive tumors that have the ability to invade normal breast tissue or spread to other areas. A stage I cancer is small and well localized and has a high cure rate. But the higher the stage number, the lower the chances of cure. By stage IV, the cancer has spread beyond your breast to other organs, such as your bones, lungs or liver. Although it's not possible to cure cancer at this stage, it may still respond well to various treatments, which could effectively shrink and control the cancer for an extended period of time.

Genetic tests
If you have a strong family history of breast cancer or other cancers, blood tests may help identify defective BRCA or other genes that are being passed through the family. These tests are often inconclusive and should only be done in select cases after a thorough evaluation with a genetic counselor. Unless you are at high risk of hereditary breast or ovarian cancers, genetic testing usually isn't recommended.

In general, testing is beneficial only if the results will help you make a decision about how you might best reduce your breast or other cancer risk. Options range from lifestyle changes and closer screening and therapy with medications such as tamoxifen to extreme measures such as preventive (prophylactic) bilateral mastectomy and removal of your ovaries (oophorectomy) .

Treatments and Drugs

A diagnosis of breast cancer is one of the most difficult experiences you can face. In addition to coping with a potentially life-threatening illness, you must make complex decisions about treatment.

Talk with your health care team to learn as much as you can about your treatment options. Consider a second opinion from a breast specialist in a breast center or clinic. Talking to other women who have faced the same decision also may help.

Treatments exist for every type and stage of breast cancer. Most women will have surgery and an additional (adjuvant) therapy such as radiation, chemotherapy or hormone therapy. Experimental treatments are also available at cancer treatment centers.

Surgery
Today, radical mastectomy is rarely performed. Instead, the majority of women are candidates for simple mastectomy or lumpectomy. If you decide on mastectomy, you may opt for breast reconstruction.

Breast cancer operations include the following:

• Lumpectomy. This operation saves as much of your breast as possible by removing only the lump plus a surrounding area of normal tissue. Many women can have lumpectomy — often followed by radiation therapy — instead of mastectomy, and in most cases survival rates for both operations are similar. But lumpectomy may not be an option if a tumor is very large, deep within your breast, or if you have already had radiation therapy, have two or more widely separated areas of cancer in the same breast, have a connective tissue disease that makes you sensitive to radiation, or if you have inflammatory breast cancer. If you have a large tumor but still want to consider the possibility of lumpectomy, chemotherapy before surgery may be an option to shrink the tumor and make you eligible for the procedure.

  In general, lumpectomy is almost always followed by radiation therapy to destroy any remaining cancer cells. But when very small, noninvasive cancers are involved, some studies question the role and benefits of radiation therapy — especially for older women. These studies haven't shown that lumpectomy plus radiation prolongs a woman's life any better than does lumpectomy alone.

• Partial or segmental mastectomy. Another breast-sparing operation, partial mastectomy involves removing the tumor as well as some of the breast tissue around the tumor and the lining of the chest muscles that lie beneath it. In almost all cases, you'll have a course of radiation therapy following your operation, similar to if you had a lumpectomy.
• Simple mastectomy. During a simple mastectomy, your surgeon removes all your breast tissue — the lobules, ducts, fatty tissue and skin, including the nipple and areola. Depending on the results of the operation and follow-up tests, you may also need further treatment with radiation to the chest wall, chemotherapy or hormone therapy.
• Modified radical mastectomy. In this procedure, a surgeon removes your entire breast, including the overlying skin, and some underarm lymph nodes (axillary lymph node dissection), but leaves your chest muscles intact. This makes breast reconstruction less complicated.

Sentinel lymph node biopsy
Because breast cancer first spreads to the lymph nodes under the arm, all women with invasive cancer need to have these nodes examined. Rather than remove as many lymph nodes as possible, surgeons now focus on finding the sentinel nodes — the first nodes to receive the drainage from breast tumors and therefore the first place cancer cells will travel. If a sentinel node is removed, examined and found to be normal, the chance of finding cancer in any of the remaining nodes is small and no other nodes need to be removed. This spares many women the need for a more extensive operation and greatly decreases the risk of complications.

Axillary lymph node dissection
If the sentinel lymph node does show the presence of cancer, then your surgeon removes additional lymph nodes in your armpit (axilla). The removal of these lymph nodes does increase the risk of serious arm swelling (lymphedema) , but newer surgical techniques make this complication much less likely. Knowing if cancer has spread to the lymph nodes is important in determining the best course of treatment, including whether you'll need chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

Reconstructive surgery
If you want to have breast reconstruction done, discuss this with your surgeon before you have any surgery done. Not all women are candidates for reconstruction. A plastic surgeon can describe the various procedures, show you photos of women who have had different types of reconstruction, and discuss which type of reconstruction might be best in your case. Your options include reconstruction with a synthetic breast implant or reconstruction using your own tissue. These operations can be performed at the time of your mastectomy or at a later date.

• Reconstruction with implants. This technique uses artificial material — silicone gel or saline, in an implantable, leak-proof shell — to replace surgically removed breast tissue. If you don't have enough muscle and skin to cover an implant, your doctor may use a tissue expander, which is an empty implant shell that inflates as fluid is injected. It's placed under your skin and muscle, and your doctor gradually fills it with fluid — usually over a period of several months. When your muscle and skin have stretched enough, the expander is removed and replaced with a permanent implant.
• Reconstruction with a tissue flap. Known as a transverse rectus abdominal muscle (TRAM) flap, this surgery reconstructs your breast using tissue, including fat and muscle, from your abdomen, although surgeons sometimes may use tissue from your back or buttocks instead. Because the procedure is fairly complicated, recovery may take six to eight weeks. Complications include the risk of infection and tissue death. If you have a low percentage of body fat, this type of reconstruction may not be an option for you.
• Deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) reconstruction. In this procedure, fat tissue from your abdomen is used to create a natural-looking breast. But because your abdominal muscles are left intact, you're less likely to experience complications than you are with traditional TRAM flap breast reconstruction. You may also have less pain, and your healing time may be reduced.
• Reconstruction of your nipple and areola. After initial surgery with either tissue transfer or an implant, you may have further surgery to make a nipple and areola. Using tissue from elsewhere in your body, your surgeon first creates a small mound to resemble a nipple. He or she may then tattoo the skin around the nipple to create an areola. Your surgeon may also take a skin graft from elsewhere on your body, place it around the reconstructed nipple to slightly raise the skin and then tattoo the skin graft.

Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy uses high-energy X-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. It's administered by a radiation oncologist at a radiation center. In general, radiation is the standard of care following a lumpectomy for both invasive and noninvasive breast cancers. Oncologists are also likely to recommend radiation following a mastectomy for a large tumor, for inflammatory breast cancer, for cancer that has invaded the chest wall or for cancer that has spread to more than four lymph nodes in your armpit.

If you won't be receiving chemotherapy, radiation is usually started three to four weeks after surgery. If your doctors recommend chemotherapy, it's usually administered before you undergo radiation therapy. You'll typically receive radiation treatment five days a week for five to six consecutive weeks. The treatments are painless and are similar to getting an X-ray. Each takes about 30 minutes. The effects are cumulative, however, and you may become tired toward the end of the series. Your breast may be pink, puffy and somewhat tender, as if it had been sunburned.

In a small percentage of women, more serious problems may occur, including arm swelling, damage to the lungs, heart or nerves, or a change in the appearance and consistency of breast tissue. Radiation therapy also makes it somewhat more likely that you'll develop another tumor. For these reasons, it's important to learn about the risks and benefits of radiation therapy when deciding between lumpectomy and mastectomy. You may also want to talk to a radiation oncologist about clinical trials investigating shorter courses of radiation or focal application of radiation.

Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy uses drugs to destroy cancer cells. The size of the tumor, characteristics of the cancer cells, and extent of spread of the cancer help determine your need for chemotherapy. If your cancer has a high chance of returning or spreading to another part of your body, your doctor may recommend chemotherapy after surgery to decrease the chance that the cancer will recur. This is known as adjuvant chemotherapy. If your cancer has already spread to other parts of your body, chemotherapy may be recommended to try to control the cancer and decrease any symptoms the cancer is causing.

Treatment often involves receiving two or more drugs in different combinations. These may be administered intravenously, in pill form or both. You may have between four and eight treatments spread over three to six months.

Because chemotherapy affects healthy cells as well as cancerous ones, side effects are common. Your digestive tract, hair and bone marrow — all composed of fast-growing cells — tend to take the brunt of this toxicity, leading to hair loss, nausea, vomiting and fatigue. Not everyone has all of these side effects, however, and methods to control chemotherapy side effects have improved greatly in the past few decades. Notably, more effective drugs are now available to help prevent or reduce nausea and vomiting.

Depending on the chemotherapy drugs your doctor recommends, other side effects may occur, including possible damage to the heart, nerves, kidneys and other organs. Chemotherapy may also temporarily affect your white blood cells — cells that fight off infection.

Another recently described side effect is "chemobrain," the common term for memory and concentration problems that happen to some people during and after chemotherapy. Chemobrain is associated with difficulties involving specific thought processes, including word finding, memory and multitasking.

Premature menopause and infertility also are potential side effects of chemotherapy. The older you are when you begin treatment, the greater the likelihood that your reproductive cycle will be affected. In rare cases, certain chemotherapy medications may lead to cancer of the white blood cells (acute myeloid leukemia) — often years after treatment ends.

Hormone therapy
Hormone therapy — perhaps more properly termed hormone blocking therapy — is often used to treat women whose cancers are sensitive to hormones — estrogen and progesterone receptor positive cancers. Similar to chemotherapy, this form of therapy can be used to decrease the chance of your cancer returning. If the cancer has already spread, hormone therapy may shrink and control it.

Two classes of medications are used in hormone therapy: selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) and aromatase inhibitors.

• Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs). SERMs act by blocking any estrogen present in the body from attaching to the estrogen receptor on the cancer cells, slowing the growth of tumors and killing tumor cells. SERMs can be used in both pre- and postmenopausal women.

  The most common SERM prescribed for hormone therapy is tamoxifen (Nolvadex). Tamoxifen is used as a treatment for women with hormone-sensitive metastatic breast cancer, as an adjuvant therapy for women with early-stage estrogen receptor positive breast cancer, and as a preventive agent in some high-risk women. You take tamoxifen daily, in pill form, for up to five years. It may reduce the risk of recurrence of breast cancer and is less toxic than most anti-cancer drugs.

  But tamoxifen isn't trouble-free. Women taking tamoxifen may experience menopausal symptoms such as night sweats, hot flashes, and vaginal itching, discharge or dryness. More serious side effects, including blood clots and endometrial cancer, occur infrequently. Older women, especially those with other medical conditions, may be at greater risk of more serious side effects than are younger women.

• Aromatase inhibitors. This class of drugs, which includes anastrozole (Arimidex), letrozole (Femara) and exemestane (Aromasin), blocks the conversion of a hormonal substance (androstenedione) into estrogen. This effectively stops estrogen production in cells other than the ovaries. Fat cells, the adrenal gland and other normal cells all make small amounts of estrogen. These drugs are only effective in postmenopausal women.

  In several randomized, controlled trials, women receiving aromatase inhibitors have fared slightly better than have those receiving tamoxifen. Women treated with aromatase inhibitors also had a lower incidence of blood clots and endometrial cancer. To date, the primary drawback of aromatase inhibitors is an increased risk of osteoporosis. The main question about aromatase inhibitors seems to be whether women should take tamoxifen first and then switch to an aromatase inhibitor or simply take an aromatase inhibitor from the start.

Biological therapy
As scientists learn more about the differences between normal cells and cancer cells, treatments aimed at these differences — called biological therapy — are being developed. Three biological therapies are now available for breast cancer. They include:

• Trastuzumab (Herceptin). This FDA-approved biological therapy uses monoclonal antibody technology to attack a protein — called HER2-neu — that's overproduced in about one out of every three breast cancers. By attacking this protein, Herceptin kills cancer cells on its own and in conjunction with chemotherapy or hormone therapy. Herceptin can be used as an adjuvant therapy or to treat advanced disease.
• Bevacizumab (Avastin). Now approved for treating metastatic breast cancer, Avastin also uses monoclonal antibody technology to target new blood vessels and stop them from growing. Cancer cells need to grow new blood vessels in order to survive. This therapy halts that process and kills the cancer cells.
• Lapatinib (Tykerb). Like Herceptin, Tykerb zeros in on and blocks the effects of the HER2 protein. But while Herceptin blocks HER2's action from the outside of the cell, Tykerb is a smaller molecule that works on the inside of the cell. Tykerb works for some women for whom Herceptin is no longer effective. This drug is only approved for use in conjunction with chemotherapy and in women with advanced, metastatic breast cancers.

Clinical trials
Clinical trials are used to test new and promising agents in the treatment of cancer. Clinical trials represent the cutting edge of technology, but they're often unproven treatments that may or may not be superior to currently available therapies. Talk with your doctor about clinical trials to see if one is right for you.

Clinical trials involve more than just new medications. For example, breast surgeons and radiologists are developing nonsurgical methods of destroying cancerous breast tissue. One of these techniques, radiofrequency ablation, uses ultrasound to locate the tumor. Then a metal probe about the size of a toothpick is inserted into the tumor. Inside the tumor, the probe creates heat that destroys cancer cells. Although early tests of radiofrequency ablation have been promising, not all women would be candidates for the procedure if it eventually were approved for widespread use.

Prevention

Nothing guarantees that you won't develop breast cancer. But there are some things you may be able to do to reduce your risk of the disease.

Chemoprevention
Chemoprevention is the use of certain medications to decrease breast cancer risk. Two drugs used for breast cancer prevention in high-risk women come from the class of drugs known as selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs):

• Tamoxifen (Nolvadex). Tamoxifen is approved for use as a preventive agent in women age 35 and older who have an elevated risk of developing breast cancer within the next five years. Data from several clinical prevention trials found that tamoxifen use in women at higher than average risk results in a relative risk reduction of about one-third for noninvasive breast cancer and about one-half for invasive breast cancer.

• Raloxifene (Evista). Raloxifene is approved for prevention of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women at high risk of the disease, as well as in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. In the second group, the drug is approved for both breast cancer prevention and osteoporosis treatment. Large clinical trials have also suggested that raloxifene is as effective as tamoxifen in preventing estrogen receptor positive breast cancer in high-risk postmenopausal women who don't have a personal history of breast cancer.

  The Gail model computerized risk assessment is a simple and helpful tool to estimate a woman's risk of developing invasive breast cancer. A five-year Gail model score higher than 1.66 percent is considered high risk. This tool is available online at the National Cancer Institute.

Preventive surgery
Although it's a radical step, preventive surgery also reduces breast cancer risk in high-risk women. Options include:

• Prophylactic mastectomy. This preventive surgery involves removing one or both of your breasts to prevent or reduce your risk of breast cancer. You might consider this option if you're at high risk of breast cancer, you've already had cancer in one breast, you have a family history of breast cancer, you received positive results from genetic testing, or your doctors have identified early signs of cancer in your breast.
• Prophylactic oophorectomy. This preventive option involves surgically removing your ovaries. Although the procedure is usually performed to reduce ovarian cancer risk, having an oophorectomy before you reach menopause also reduces your risk of breast cancer.

Lifestyle factors
Some lifestyle strategies may help reduce breast cancer risk:

• Ask your doctor about aspirin. Taking an aspirin just once a week may help protect against breast cancer, but be sure to talk to your doctor before you start. When used for long periods of time, aspirin can cause stomach irritation, bleeding and ulcers. More serious aspirin side effects include bleeding in the intestinal and urinary tracts and hemorrhagic stroke. In general, you're not a candidate for aspirin therapy if you have a history of ulcers, liver or kidney disease, bleeding disorders, or gastrointestinal bleeding.
• Limit alcohol. Drinking alcohol is strongly linked to breast cancer. The type of alcohol consumed — wine, beer or mixed drinks — seems to make no difference. To help protect against breast cancer, limit the amount of alcohol you drink to less than one drink a day or avoid alcohol completely.
• Maintain a healthy weight. There's a clear link between obesity — weighing more than is appropriate for your age and height — and breast cancer. The association is stronger if you gain the weight later in life, particularly after menopause.
• Avoid long-term hormone therapy. The link between postmenopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer has been a subject of debate for years, partly because research results have been mixed. Estrogen exposure clearly contributes to breast cancer risk, but for most women, the size of the contribution over a lifetime is small — particularly in the absence of other risk factors, such as family history of the disease. If you're approaching menopause and having frequent symptoms, it's probably safe to take hormones for as long as four to five years. Any longer does increase your breast cancer risk, without conferring any clear benefits. The same is true of hormone therapy after age 60.
• Stay physically active. No matter what your age, aim for at least 30 minutes of exercise on most days. Try to include weight-bearing exercises such as walking, jogging or dancing. These have the added benefit of keeping your bones strong.
• Eat foods high in fiber. Try to increase the amount of fiber you eat to between 20 and 30 grams daily — about twice that in an average American diet. Among its many health benefits, fiber may help reduce the amount of circulating estrogen in your body. Foods high in fiber include fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains.
• Emphasize olive oil. Oleic acid, the main component of olive oil, appears both to suppress the action of the most important oncogene in breast cancer and to increase the effectiveness of the drug Herceptin.
• Avoid exposure to pesticides. The molecular structure of some pesticides closely resembles that of estrogen. This means they may attach to receptor sites in your body. Although studies have not found a definite link between most pesticides and breast cancer, it is known that women with elevated levels of pesticides in their breast tissue have a greater breast cancer risk.

New directions in research
Scientists are investigating a number of potential preventive therapies for breast cancer, including:

• Retinoids. Natural or synthetic forms of vitamin A (retinoids) may have the ability to destroy or inhibit the growth of cancer cells. Unlike other experimental therapies, retinoids may be effective in premenopausal women and in those whose tumors aren't estrogen positive. Research is ongoing.
• Flaxseed. Flaxseed is high in lignan, a naturally occurring compound that lowers circulating estrogens in your body. Flaxseed appears to decrease estrogen production — acting much like tamoxifen does — which may inhibit the growth of breast cancer tumors. Lignans are also antioxidants with weak estrogen-like characteristics. These characteristics may be the mechanism by which flaxseed works to decrease hot flashes. Further research should clarify the connection.

Coping and Support

A diagnosis of breast cancer can be overwhelming. It may take some time to sort through all your emotions. But you can still be in charge of your life. You'll have many decisions to make in the weeks and months ahead. The more you know, the better prepared you'll be to make the best choices. As soon as you find out you have breast cancer, start educating yourself about its treatment.

In addition to talking to your medical team — your breast specialist, surgeon, medical oncologist (a specialist in chemotherapy and hormone therapy) and radiation oncologist (a specialist in radiation therapy) — you may also want to talk to a counselor or medical social worker. Or you may find it helpful and encouraging to talk to other women with breast cancer.

There are also excellent books on breast cancer and many reputable resources on the Internet. Be sure to look for the most current information because breast cancer treatments change rapidly.

Telling others
One of your first decisions will likely be how and when to tell those closest to you. If you have children, telling them — no matter what their ages — can be difficult, but honesty is the best approach. You don't have to give all the details. How much and what you say will depend on each child's age and ability to understand. But trying to hide your illness isn't a good idea. Instead, tell your children you're doing everything possible to get well.

The decision to tell friends and co-workers isn't an easy one. Especially in the beginning, you may not want anyone outside your family to know. But over time, you may find it helpful to confide in a few close friends or co-workers.

Keep in mind that people may not always react as you expect. Some may have many of the same feelings you do — anger, fear, grief. Others may be incredibly supportive. And some may not say much at all or may even avoid you. That's not because they don't care, but because they may not know what to say. Let them know that there are no right words and that their concern is enough.

Maintaining a strong support system
More and more studies show that strong relationships are crucial in dealing with life-threatening illnesses. In fact, friends and family are often an integral part of your treatment. Sometimes, though, you may want or need different kinds of support. If so, you may find the concern and understanding of other women with breast cancer especially comforting. Breast cancer survivors have developed a tremendous support network. Your doctor or a medical social worker may be able to put you in touch with a group near you. Or you can contact a cancer organization, such as the American Cancer Society, to find out what's available in your area.

Dealing with intimacy
Western culture places a great emphasis on women's breasts. They're associated with attractiveness, femininity and sexuality. Because of these attitudes, breast cancer may affect your self-image and erode your confidence in intimate relationships. Although it can be difficult, you need to talk to your partner about your concerns — preferably before your surgery.

Taking care of yourself
During your treatment, you'll need to plan your schedule carefully. Allow yourself time to rest. And don't be afraid to ask for help. Your friends and family want to help, but they may not always know what to do. Be specific about your needs. For example, you might ask a friend to pick up your children from school, shop for groceries or prepare meals. If you need to, be prepared to relinquish your role as caretaker for a while. This doesn't mean you're helpless or weak. Far from it. It means you're using all your energy to get well.

At the same time, you'll likely want to stay as independent as possible. Sometimes in their desire to help, other people may try to take over your life. Or they may act as if you're terribly fragile. Both can be detrimental to your recovery. Don't hesitate to tell friends and loved ones how you want to be treated.

World's Youngest Doctor from India - Akrit Jaswal

(23 April 1993) is a child prodigy who has gained fame in his native India as a physician, despite never having attended medical school. He is a Hindu Rajput of Jaswal clan from Himachal Pradesh.

Arkit Jaswal from India, who is a child genius; performing his first surgical operation at the age of 7, and now aged 12 says he is working on a cure for cancer and aids.

He developed really early as a small child (was walking and talking by 10 months icon_eek.gif ) and within another couple of months had learned English aswell. He has skipped school (which actually had a negative effect) and is studying for a science degree.

When he went for an IQ test in London though (he took the test in India, and got 146) it showed his practical skills, like recognising patterns etc, were actualy below the average for his age, and this was propably a result of missing school- he hasn't had a normal upbringing at all. He is actually hailed as a guru in India (he dismisses this, says he is purely a scientist) and people go to him for cures instead of local doctors. So basically his plan now is to go back to a normal life for a few years, playing with his friends etc but all the while still trying to develop a cure for cancer- watch this space!

Akrit developed a passion for science and anatomy at an early age. Doctors at local hospitals took notice and started allowing him to observe surgeries when he was 6 years old. Inspired by what he saw, Akrit read everything he could on the topic. When an impoverished family heard about his amazing abilities, they asked if he would operate on their daughter for free. Her surgery was a success.

After the surgery, Akrit was hailed as a medical genius in India. Neighbors and strangers flocked to him for advice and treatment. At age 11, Akrit was admitted to a Punjab University. He's the youngest student ever to attend an Indian university. That same year, he was also invited to London's famed Imperial College to exchange ideas with scientists on the cutting edge of medical research.

Akrit says he has thousands of medical ideas, but he's currently focused on developing a cure for cancer. "I've developed a concept called oral gene therapy on the basis of my research and my theories", he says, "I'm quite dedicated towards working on this mechanism."

Growing up, Akrit says he used to see cancer patients lying on the side of the road because they couldn't afford treatment or hospitals had no space for them. Now, he wants to use his intellect to ease their suffering. "[I've been] going to hospitals since the age of 6, so I have seen firsthand people suffering from pain," he says. "I get very sad, and so that's the main motive of my passion about medicine, my passion about cancer."

Currently, Akrit is working toward a bachelor's degree in zoology, botany and chemistry. Someday, he hopes to continue his studies at Harvard University. Senthilingam, Meera. "Pass me the scalpel, Mummy". Imperial College Magazine, London. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.

He became India's youngest university student and is currently studying for a BSc in a Punjab University, Chandigarh, India. He possesses books such as Gray's Anatomy, and textbooks on surgery, anaesthesia, anatomy, physiology, Cancer, and others. Akrit claims to have mastered them with his daily habit of studying for an hour.

Akrit may be famous but, will he be the one to unlock the secrets to a cure for cancer. He was invited to Imperial College, London to find out. He will spend two weeks based at Imperial College having his intelligence tested and talking super-mechanisms, genes and therapies with scientists at the cutting-edge of cancer research.

Akrit must convince Professor Mustafa Djamgoz, a world-renowned research biologist, and his colleague Mr Anup Patel, a consultant urological surgeon, that his ideas are realistic and worth pursuing.

The inquisitors become his friends, Mr Patel and Professor Djamgoz are keen to foster Akrit's enthusiasm, keen to protect him from disappointment, and willing to guide him on his way.

Professor Djamgoz says of Akrit: " He is generating ideas based upon what he knows, in an idealistic sort of way, without being in full grip of reality, withou knowing how difficult it is to turn the ideas into practical realities".

Mumbai Bus Routes

Here is the list of Mumbai Bus routes as on 1st June 08

L - Limited E - Express

Bus	From	To
1	Colaba Bus Stn.	Mahim Bus Stn.
1 L	R. C. Chruch	Bandra Recl. B. Stn.
2 L	Dr S. P. Mukherjee Chowk	Agarkar Chowk
2 E	Mantralaya	Mahanta Road
3	Navy Nagar	Jijamata Udyan
4 L	Mantralaya	Oshiwara Depot
4 E	Hutatma Chowk	Juhu Chowpatty
5	Mantralaya	Kurla Bus Stn.
6 L	Navy Nagar	B.A.R.C
7 L	Backbay Depot	Park Site Colony
8 L	Mantralaya	Dr Ambedkar Udyan
9	Colaba Bus Stn.	Nadkarni Park
10 L	Hutatma Chowk	Ghatkopar Bus Stn
11 L	Navy Nagar	Bandra Colony
12 L	Sw.Dayanand S. Chk	Goregaon Depot
14	Backbay Depot	Anik Depot
15	World Trade Center	Pratiksha Nagar
16 L	Electric House	Kannamwar Nagar
16 L	M. P. Chk(Mazgaon)	Kannamwar Nagar
17	Rani Laxmibai Chk.	Somaiyya Hospital
18	Mantralaya	Pratiksha Nagar
19 L	Mantralaya	Shivaji Nagar
20 L	Backbay Depot	B.A.R.C
21 L	R. C. Church	Trombay
22 L	Colaba Bus Stn.	Marol Maroshi
23 L	N.C.P.A.	Majas Depot
24 L	N.C.P.A.	Ghatkopar Stn.(E)
25 L	Backbay Depot	Vihar Lake
26	Rani Lakshmibai Chowk	Bhandup Village(E)
27	Worli Depot	Vaishali Nagar(Mulund)
28	Sw. Dayanand S. Chk.	J.V.P.D
29	Wadala Depot	Vaishali Nagar(Mulund)
30 L	Mumbai Central Depot	Thane Flyover Bridge
31 L	Mantralaya	Seven Bunglows
32	Ballard Pier	J.V.P.D
33	Pt. Paluskar Chk.	Goregaon Bus Stn.
34	Pt. Thakeray Udyan	Malwani Depot
35	Com. P. K. Khurana Chk	Marol Maroshi
36	J.M.Mehta Marg	Mahim Bus Stn.
37	J.M.Mehta Marg	Kurla Stn.(W)
38	Hutatma Chowk	Goregaon Depot
39	J.M.Mehta Marg	Seepz
40 L	Wadala Depot	Borivili Stn(E)
40 L	Pt Thakeray Udyan	Dahisar Bus Stn.
41	Ferry Wharf	Pt. Paluskar Chowk
42	Ferry Wharf	Com. P. K. Khurana Chk
43	Colaba Bus Stn	Maheshwari Udyan
44	Colaba Bus Stn	Worli Village
45	Mantralaya	Nadkarni Park
46	Ferry Wharf	Machhimar Nagar
47	Navy Nagar	Balunath
48	Ferry Wharf	Vasantrao Naik Chk.
49	Sw. Dayanand S. Chk.	Nadkarni Park
50	Ferry Wharf	Worli Village
52	Shra. Yeshwantrao Chk.	Machhimar Nagar
54	Saibaba Marg Parel	Worli Village
55	Worli Village	Saibaba Road Parel
56	Worli Village	Versova
57	Balunath	Pt. Thakeray Udyan
59	N.C.P.A	Anushakti Nagar
60	Kurla Stn(East)	Truck Terminal Wadala
61	N.C.P.A	Machhimar Nagar
62	Hutatma Chowk	Kurla Station(W)
63	J.M.Mehta Marg	Chunabhatti
64	Babulnath	Maheshwari Udyan
65	Dr S.P.Mukherjee Chk.	Anik Depot
65 L	Dr S.P.Mukherjee Chk.	Anik Depot
66	Ballard Pier	Chunabatti
66 L	Sm. Dayanand Chk.	Kala Killa Depot
67	Walkeshwar	Antop Hill
68	Ballard Pier	Wadala Depot
69	Dr S.P.Mukherjee Chk	Pt. Thakeray Udyan
70	Colaba Bus Stn.	Bandra Bus stn.
71	Dr S.P.Mukherjee Chk	Ram. G. Gadkari Chk
72/73	Kala Killa Depot	Pt. Paluskar Chowk
74	Ballard Pier	Mahim Bus Stn.
75	Chira Bazzar	Balunath
76	Mantralaya	Tata Colony
79	Ram G. Gadkari Chk	Pt. Thakeray Nagar
80 L	Kamala Nehru Park	J.V.P.D
81 L	N.C.P.A	Shastri Nagar
81 E	Mantralaya	Daulat Nagar
82	Mantralaya	Worli village
83	Colaba	Santacruz Depot
84 L	Ballard Pier	Oshwara Depot
84 L	Pt.Paluskar Chk.	Juhu Chowpatty
85	World Trade Centre	Kurla Stn(E)
86	Backbay Depot	Bandra Recl. Bus Stn.
87 L	Mantralaya	Bandra Colony
88	Mantralaya	Anik Depot
89	Mantralaya	Worli Village
90 L	Worli Trade Centre	Anushakti Nagar
91 L	M'bai Central Depot	Kurla Stn.(W)
92 L	World Trade Centre	Deonar Depot
93 L	Mantralaya	Deonar Depot
100	Colaba Bus Stn.	Santacruz Depot
101	Dr. S. P. Mukherjee Chowk	Walkeshwar
102	Kamala Nehru Park	Mahatma Phule Market
103	R.C. Church	Walkeshwar
104	J. M. Mehta Marg	Vijay Vallab Chk.
105	Kamla Nehru park	Vijay Vallab Chk.
106	R.C. Church	Kamla Nehru park
107	Colaba Bus Stn.	Kamla Nehru park
108	Nagar Chowk	Kamla Nehru park
110	Com. P. K. Khurana Chk	Sangam Nagar, Wadala
111	Com. P. K. Khurana Chk	Antop Hill, C.G.S
112	Sangam Nagar, Wadala	Santacruz (E)
121	Backbay Depot	J.M.Mehta Marg
122	Ballard Pier	J.M.Mehta Marg
123	R.C. Church	Vasantrao Naik Chk.
124	Colaba Bus Stn.	Worli Depot
125	Navy Nagar	Worli Village
126	Mantralaya	Jijamata Udyan
127	Colaba Bus Stn	Pt. Paluskar Chowk
130	Colaba Bus Stn.	Vasantrao Naik Chk.
132/133	Colaba Bus Stn.	Vasantrao Naik Chk.
134	Mantralaya	Pr. Thakeray Udyan
135	Ferry Warf	J.M.Mehta Marg
136	Navy Nagar	M.Phule Market
137	Navy Nagar	Ahilyabai Holkar Chk
138	Backbay Depot	Nagar Chk.
151	J.M.Mehta Marg	Maheshwari Udyan
152	M.Pratap Chk	J.M.Mehta Marg
153/154	Byculla Stn(W)	Nehru Planetorium
155	Grantroad Stn(W)	Khamballa Hill
156	Grantroad Stn(W)	J.M.Mehta Marg
160	Plaza	Bandra Stn.(E)
161	P.Kurene Chk	Worli Seaface
162	Pr. Thakeray Udyan	Worli Village
164	Byculla Stn(W)	Rani Lakshmi Chk.
165	Kasturba Gandhi Chk	Dharavi Depot
166	Vasantrao Naik Chowk	Antop Hill
167	Rani lakshmi Chowk	Dadar Stn(E)
168	Tata Oil Mills	Dayaneshwar Nagar
169	Worli Village	Pratiksha Nagar
170	Ambika Mill	Antop Hill
171	Worli Dairy	Antop Hill
172	Ambika Nagar	Partiksha Nagar
180	Antop Hill	Malwani Depot
184	Aagarkar Chk	Vihar Lake
185	Kannamvar Nagar-2	Majas Depot
186	Aagarkar Chk	Filter Pada
188 L	Borivli Stn(E)	Kanheri Caves
200	Jijamata Udyan	Seven Bunglows
201	Pr. Thakeray Udyan	Goregaon Bus Stn.
201 E	Goregaon Bus Stn.	Ram Mandir
202 L	Mahim Bus Stn.	Dahisar Bridge
202	Mahim Bus Stn.	Dahisar Bridge(Night)
203	Juhu Beach	Dahisar Bridge
204	Goreagon Depot	Borivili Stn(E)
205	Goreagon Depot	Gomant Nagar
206	Kandivli Stn.(W)	I.C.Colony
207	Malwani Depot	Dahisar Bus Stn.
209	Borivili Stn(E)	Anand Nagar
210 L	Yari Marg	Dahisar Bridge
210 E	Father Agnel's Ashram	Borivili Stn(W)
211	Father Agnel's Ashram	Chuim Village
212	Pr.Thakeray Udyan	Bandra Stn.(W)
214	Mount Merry Steps	Chuim Village
250	Bandra Recl. Stn	Tata Colony
216	Kurla Stn(W)	Bandra Stn.(W)
219	Bandra Recl stn.	Khar Stn.(W)
220	Bandra Stn(W)	Khar Stn.(W)
221	Mount Merry Steps	Khar Stn.(W)
222	Bandra Bus Stn.	Yari Marg
224 L	Shastri Nagar, Santacruz	Shanti Ashram
225	Mahim Bus Stn.	Dahisar Bus Stn.
226 L	Asalpha Gaon	Pr Thakeray Nagar
227	Charcop Bus Stn.	Sector No. 6
230	Juhu Vile-parle Bus Stn.	Juhu Beach
231	Santacruz Stn.(W)	Juhu Bus Stn.
231 E	Santacruz Stn.(W)	Daulat Nagar
232	Seven Bunglow Stn.	Vile-Parle Stn(W)
233 L	Shivaji Nagar	Seven Bunglow Stn.
234	Andheri Stn(W)	Samarth Nagar
235	Andheri Stn(W)	Shanti Van
236	Seven Bunglows	Ambovili
238	Borivili Bus Stn(E)	Dahisar Bridge
239	Borivili Bus Stn(E)	Rushi Complex
240	Shanti Ashram	Rushi Complex Textan
241 L	Wadala Depot	Malwani Depot
242	Andheri Stn(W)	Millat Magar
243	Malad Stn.(W)	Jankalayan Bhavan
244	Borivli Bus Stn(W)	Pr Thakeray Nagar
245	Borivli Bus Stn(W)	Chikuwadi
246	Kandivli Stn(W)	Borivli Bus Stn(W)
247	Gaikwad Nagar	Pr Thakeray Nagar
248	Andheri Stn(W)	Ramesh Nagar
249	Andheri Stn(W)	Seven Bunglows Stn
250	Andheri Stn(W)	Yari Marg
251	Andheri Stn(W)	Versova
252	Juhu Vile-Parle Bus Stn.	Yari Marg
253	Juhu Vile-Parle Bus Stn.	Goregaon Stn(W)
254	Andheri Stn(W)	Vera Desai Marg
255 L	Pr Thakeray Udyan	Versova
256	Juhu Vile-Parle Bus Stn.	Malwani Depot
258	Andheri Stn(W)	Juhu Vile-Parle Bus Stn.
259	Andheri Stn(W)	Gorai Depot
260	Goregaon depot	Goregaon Stn. (W)
261	Jogeshwari Stn(W)	Goregaon Stn. (W)
262	Goregaon Bus Stn. (W)	Chincholi Bunder
263	Goregaon Bus Stn. (W)	Ayyappa Mandir
264	Sat Bhakti Mandir	Samarth Nagar
265	Jogeshwari Stn(W)	Millat Nagar
266	Andheri Stn(W)	Sw. Samarth Nagar Ext.
267	Terminal Bldg	Santosh Nagar
268	Kandivli Stn(W)	Charcop Village
269	Matt Jetty	Borivili Bus Stn(E)
270	M.H.B Colony	I.C.Colony
271	Malad Stn(W)	Matt Jetty
272	Malad Stn(W)	Marvey
273	Sainath Marg	Malwani Depot
274	Malad Stn(W)	Kachpada
275	Malad Stn(W)	Evershine Nagar
276	Borivli Stn(E)	Ratnam Nagar
278	Shanti Ashram	Borivli Stn(W)
279	Kandivili Stn(W)	Pr Thakeray Nagar
280	Kandivili Stn(W)	Dattani Gram
281	Pushpa Park	Kandivili Stn(W)
282	Kandivili Stn(E)	Damu Nagar Ext
282 E	Kandivili Stn(E)	Alika Nagar
283	Kandivili Stn(W)	Santosh Nagar
284	Kandivili Stn(W)	Satya Nagar
285	Kandivili Stn(W)	Mahavir Nagar Ext.
286	Kandivili Stn(W)	Charcop Village
287	Kandivili Stn(E)	Borivili Stn(E)
288	Kandivili Stn(E)	Lokhandwala Complex
289	N.H.P colony	Borivli Stn(W)
290	Borivli Bus Stn(W)	Yodi Nagar
291	Borivli Stn. (E)	Dahisar Bus Stn
293	Borivli Stn. (E)	Nensey Colony
294	Borivli Bus Stn(W)	Gorai Creek
295	Shanti Ashram	Shimpoli Village
296	Satya Nagar	Borivli Bus Stn(W)
297	M.H.B. Colony	Borivli Stn (W)
298	Tata Receiving Stn	Borivli Stn(E)
299	Borivli Stn(E)	Kajupada
300	Kandivli Bus Stn (E)	Thakur Complex
301	Borivli Stn(E)	Rawal Pada
302	Rani Laxmi Chk	M.P.Chk (Mulund)
303	Pratiksha Nagar	Mulund Stn (W)
304 L	Kurla Stn (W)	Vaishali Nagar
305 L	Vasant Roa Naik Chowk	M.P.Chk (Mulund)
306 L	Santacruz Stn(E)	Mulund Stn (W)
307	Vaishali Nagar	SEEPZ
308	Vidya Vihar Stn (W)	Majas Depot
309 L	Kurla Stn (W)	Gorai Depot
310	Kurla Stn (W)	Bandra Stn (E)
311	Kurla Stn (W)	Santacruz Stn (E)
312	Pr. Thackeray Udyan	SEEPZ
313	Kurla Stn (W)	Santacruz Stn (E)
314/315	Govt Colony (B.-E)	Rani Laxmi Chk
316	Bandra Colony	Bandra Stn (E)
317	Bandra Stn (E)	Tata Colony
318	Kurla Stn (W)	Santacruz Stn (E)
319	Aagarkar Chk	Chandivli Village
320	Kurla Stn (W)	Filter Pada
321 L	Ambika Mill	Asalpha Village
322	Vidya Vihar Stn (W)	Mahant Marg
323	Vidya Vihar Stn (W)	Vihar Lake
324	Com. Kurne Chk	Vidya Vihar Stn (W)
325	Kurla Stn (W)	Asalpha Village
326	Kurla Stn (W)	Subhash Nagar
327	Kala Killa Depot	Kurla Depot
328	Marol Maroshi Bus Stn	Versova
329	Subhash Nagar	Agarkar Chk
330 L	Kurla Stn (W)	Versova
331	Sahar Cargo	Marol Maroshi Bus Stn
332	Kurla Stn (W)	Agarkar Chowk
333	New Quarters	Mahakali Caves
333 E	Agarkar Chk	Charat Singh Colony
334	Agarkar Chk	Marol Maroshi Bus Stn
335	Mahakali Caves	Tarun Bharat Society
336	Seepz	Ghatkopar Stn (W)
337	Sahar Cargo	Vikroli
338	Agarkar Chk	New Airport
339	Majas Depot	Juhu Chowpatti
340	Asalpha Village	Agarkar Chk
341 L	Antop Hill	Dindoshi Bus Stn
342	Goregaon Stn (E)	New Zealand Hostel
343	Goregaon Stn (E)	Film City
344	Agarkar Chk	Lokhandvala(Kandivli)
345	Santosh Nagar	Pr Thackeray Nagar
346 L	M.P. Chk	Dindoshi Bus Stn
347	Goregaon Stn (E)	Gokul Dham
348 L	Anik Depot	Dahisar Bus Stn
349	Kurla Stn (W)	Majas Depot
350	Shivaji Nagar	Kurla Stn (E)
351	M'bai Central Depot	B.A.R.C.
352	Trombay	Rani Laxmi Chk
352 L	Trombay	Seven Bunglows
353	Wadala Depot	Tagore Nagar No-5
354	Ram G.Gadkari Chk	Kannamwar Nagar
355	Worli Depot	Trombay
356 L	B.A.R.C.	Shastri Nagar
357	M'bai Central Depot	Shivaji Nagar
358 L	Deonar Depot	Poisar Depot
359 L	Ghatkopar Stn.(E)	Malwani Depot
360	Govandi Bus Stn.	Kurla Stn.(E)
361	Mahul Village	Kurla Stn.(E)
362	Dr Ambedkar Udyan	Kurla Stn.(E)
363	Com. P. K. Kurne Chk	Mahul Village
364	Trombay	Mahul Village
365	Kurla Stn(E)	Sahar Cargo
366	Neelam Nagar	Mulund Stn(E)
367	Gadkari Quarry	Kurla Stn(E)
368 L	Pr Thackeray Udyan	Gawanpada(Mulund(E))
369	Trombay	Mankhurd Stn.
370	Mulund Bus Stn (E)	Mithagar
371	B.A.R.C.(North Gate)	Bandra Stn(W)
372	Trombay	Dr Ambedkar Udyan
372	Shivaji Nagar	Govandi Station Road
373 L	Bandra Stn(W)	Gawanpada(Mulund(E))
374 L	Anushakti Nagar	Goregaon Bus Stn.
375 L	Shivaji Nagar	Bandra Bus Stn.
376	Shivaji Nagar	Mahim Bus Stn
377	Govandi Bus Stn.	Bandra Recl
378	Marol Maroshi Bus Stn.	Juhu Bus Stn.
379	Shivaji Nagar	Ghatkopar Stn(E)
380	Trombay	Amrut Nagar
381	B.A.R.C.	Ghatkopar Stn(E)
382 L	Anushakti Nagar	Mahim Bus Stn
383	Gadkari Quarry	Govandi Bus Stn.
384	Ghatkopar Bus Stn	Bandra Stn.(W)
384 E	Ghatkopar Bus Stn	Juhu Chowpatty
385	M'bai Central Depot	Ghatkopar Stn(E)
386	Kurla Stn(E)	Kurla Terminus
387	Ghatkopar B. Stn(W)	Park Site Colony
388 L	Kannamwar Nagar-2	Gorai Depot
389	Ghatkopar Stn(W)	Barve Nagar
390	Ghatkopar B. Stn	Barve Nagar
391	Mulund Stn(W)	Bhandup Complex
392	Ghatkopar Stn(W)	Majas Depot
393	Bhandup Stn	Konkan Nagar
394	Vikroli (E)	Kannamwar Nagar-2
395	Khindipada	M.P. Chk(Mulund)
396 L	Mulund Stn(W)	Mahant Road
397	Vikroli Stn (E)	Kannamwar Nagar (E)
398 L	M.P. Chk(Mulund)	Borivli Stn(E)
399 L	Trombay	Teen Hath Naka
400 L	Anik Depot	Dahisar Bus Stn
401	Ghatkopar Stn(E)	Rly. Police Quarters
402	Mulund Stn(W)	Vaishali Nagar`
404	Ghatkopar Stn (E)	Garodia Nagar
407	Bhandup Stn Marg	Tulshetpada
408	Rani Laxmi Chk	Khindipada Bhandup
408 E	Mahim Bus Stn	Khindipada Bhandup
409 L	M.P. Chk (Mulund)	Marol Depot
410	Amrut Nagar	Mahakali Caves
411	Rani Laxmi Chk	Mhada Chandivli
411 E	Kurla Stn (W)	Mhada Chandivli
412	M.P. Chk Mulund	Bhandup Complex
413	Mulund Stn(W)	Mulund Colony
414	Mulund Stn(W)	Jai Shastri Nagar
415	Agarkar Chk	Seepz
416	Amrut Nagar	Ghatkopar Stn (W)
417	Park Site Colony	Surya Nagar
418	Agarkar Chk	Tilak Nagar
419	Amrut Nagar	Ghatkopar Stn (W)
421	Ghatkopar Stn	Ramji Nagar
422	M.P. Chk (Mulund)	Bandra (W)
424	M.P. Chk (Mulund)	Goregoan Depot
425 L	M.P. Chk (Mulund)	Seven Bunglows
425 X	Mulund Stn (W)	Yari Road
430	Mahul Village	Ghatkopar Stn (E)
431	Kurla Stn (E)	B.A.R.C.
435	Podar Park Malad (E)	Raheja Complex
436	Podar Park Malad (E)	Raheja Complex
441	Agarkar Chk	Sarvodaya Nagar
442	Agarkar Chk	Majas Depot
443	Agarkar Chk	Bamandaya Pada
445 L	Bhandup Village (E)	Aggarkar Chk
446	Kurla Stn (W)	Bamandaya Pada
448 L	Borivli Stn (E)	Anik Depot
451	Goregoan (E)	Pimpri Pada
452	Unit No. 7	Veet Bhatti
459 L	Malavani Depot	Ghatkopar Stn (W)
460 L	Mulund Stn (W)	Gorai Depot
461 L	M.P. Chk (Mulund)	Pr Thackeray Nagar
462	Borivli Stn (E)	Vaishali Nagar
488 L	Ghatkopar Depot	Gorai Depot
496 L	M.P.Chk (Mulund)	Agarkar Chk
1SF	World Trade Centre	Mira Road Rly Stn
2SF	Mantralaya	Swami Samarth Nagar
3SF	N.C.P.A.	Gavanpada (Mulund)
4SF	Ballard Pier	Yari Road
CBD2	Nagar Chk	N.C.P.A.
1Spl	N.Chk(Bhatai Baug)	N.C.P.A.
2Spl	N.Chk(Bhatai Baug)	World Trade Centre
3Spl	Colaba	M.Phule Market
4Spl	N.Chk(Bhatai Baug)	Free Press House
6Spl	Ahilyabai Holkar Chk	Colaba
7Spl	Ahilyabai Holkar Chk	Ballard Pier
8Spl	Ahilyabai Holkar Chk	World Trade Centre
9Spl	Ahilyabai Holkar Chk	N.C.P.A.
L1	Borivli Stn (E)	Mulund Stn (W)
L2	Mira Road Rly Stn(E)	World Trade Centre
L3	Yari Road	N.C.P.A.
Spactic	Navy Nagar	Maitri Park
Spactic	Afghan Church	Maheshwari Udyan
Spactic	Bandra Recl	Gawanpada
601 L	Malad Stn (E)	Kurar Village
602 L	Satbhakti Mandir	Mhada Colony
603 L	Amrut Nagar	R.C.F.Colony
604 L	Ghatkopar Stn (W)	Milind Nagar
605 L	Bhandup Stn (W)	Tembhipada Ext.
606 L	Bhandup Stn (W)	Tembhipada
607 L	Bhandup Stn (W)	Bhatti Pada
608 L	Kanjurmarg Stn (W)	Hanuman Nagar
609 L	Kanjurmarg Stn (W)	Utkarsha Nagar
610 L	Kurla Stn (W)	Asalpha Nagar
611 L	Malad Stn (W)	Patel Nagar
614 L	Ghatkopar Stn (W)	Kherani Barg
615 L	Bandra Rly.Phatak (E)	Santacruz Stn (E)
616 L	Santacruz Stn (E)	Shivaji Nagar
618 L	Santacruz Stn (E)	Datta Mandir Marg
619 L	Santacruz Stn (E)	Juhu Beach
621 L	Malad Stn (W)	Navy Nagar
624 L	Malad Stn (E)	AppaPada
626 L	Bandra Bus Stn	Chuim Village
627 L	Santacruz Stn (W)	Mora Village (Juhu)
628 L	Khar Stn (W)	Santacruz Stn (W)
630 L	Kurla Stn (E)	Shivaji Nagar
631 L	Borivli Stn (E)	Konkani Pada
700 L	Vasantrao Naik Chk	Mira Rd Stn (E)
701 L	Kandivli Bus Stn	Shrushti (Mira Rd)
702 L	Borivli Stn (E)	Ghod Bunder Village
703 L	Magathane Depot	Shrushti
705 L	Gorai Creek	Manori Island
707 L	Santacruz Depot	Bhayander Stn (E)
708 L	Din Doshi Bus Stn	Bhayander Stn (E)
709 L	Ghatkopar Stn (W)	Bhayander Stn (E)
710 L	Borivli Stn (E)	A.P.M.C. Vashi
710 X	A.P.M.C. Vashi	Mira Road Stn (E)