Treatments for Local and Regional Recurrence
There are many effective treatments for a local or regional recurrence of breast cancer.
Local treatments include surgery and radiation. Systemic (whole-body) treatments include chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and targeted therapies, such as Herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab). Find out about a test that may help decide which treatments are right for you.
There are many effective treatments for a local or regional recurrence of breast cancer.
Local treatments include surgery and radiation. Systemic (whole-body) treatments include chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and targeted therapies, such as Herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab). Find out about a test that may help decide which treatments are right for you.
Which local and systemic therapies you get, and how much, depends on many of the same factors that were important when you were first diagnosed. For starters, what treatments will work best for you depends, in part, on where the cancer comes back and its "personality" features.
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