After your breast cancer has been diagnosed, your
healthcare team will recommend treatment. There are five standard
treatment options for breast cancer: surgery, chemotherapy, targeted
therapies, radiation, and hormonal therapy. Learn about each one and how
a decision on which is right for you is made.
- Surgery
- Radiation
- Chemotherapy
- Hormonal Therapy
- Targeted Biologic Therapies
- Cope With Side Effects of Treatment
Surgery
The goals of breast cancer surgery are to remove the cancerous tissue and to analyze it for type, grade, size, hormonal status, and possible metastasis (if the cancer has spread). There are both diagnostic and therapeutic surgeries, as well as reconstruction options. Learn about biopsy types, lumpectomy, quadrantectomy, and mastectomy.- Therapeutic Surgery Overview
- Lumpectomy - Breast Conserving Surgery
- Four Types of Mastectomy
- Breast Biopsy Types
- Sentinel Node Biopsy
- Surgery Choices For Early-Stage Breast Cancer
- Mastectomy or Lumpectomy – 10 Questions to Help You Decide
- Surgical Margins Are Important
- Coping With Surgical Drains
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