Breast Cancer Therapy.
Breast cancer treatment has greatly improved over the years and consequently so have breast cancer survival statistics and we have only research to thank for. There are options for breast cancer therapy and the oncologist makes his choice of the treatment after evaluating the case based on the following.
- General condition and age of the patient.
- Type of breast cancer – whether ductal or lobular, invasive or non invasive (carcinoma in situ). Do read breast cancer for a detailed insight into types of breast cancer.
- Size of the breast tumor.
- Stage of breast cancer.
- Grade of breast cancer.
- Results of the hormone receptor and HER2/neu tests.
What are the Treatments for Breast Cancer.
Breast cancer treatment can be local or systemic.
- Local breast cancer treatment consists of surgery and radiation in which the cancer cells in the breast are removed or targeted.
- Systemic breast cancer treatment consists of chemotherapy, hormonal therapy and targeted therapy in which the medication enters the body via the blood and destroys the cancer cells situated elsewhere in the body.
Treatments for Breast Cancer.
After having completed a detailed investigation for breast cancer, the oncologist arrives at a confirmed diagnosis and chalks out the treatment plan. The purpose of breast cancer treatments differs and depends on the stage of cancer. Most of the breast cancer patients require a combination of treatments. The various forms of treatments are described below.
1) Surgery for breast cancer.
2) Radiation for breast cancer.
3) Chemotherapy for breast cancer.
4) Hormone therapy for breast cancer.
5) Targeted therapy for breast cancer.
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