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invasive mammory carcinoma
by eunice1, Jun 11, 2008 07:32PM
whats the basic treatment
This discussion is related to Invasive Mammary Carcinoma and Metastatic Carcinoma.
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How are you? For earlier stage invasive breast cancers, breast-conserving surgery is often appropriate if the cancer is small enough. If it is too large, a mastectomy will be needed, unless chemotherapy given before the operation can shrink the tumor enough to allow breast-conserving surgery. In either case, the lymph nodes will need to be checked and removed if they contain cancer. Radiation will be needed for almost all patients who have breast-conserving surgery and some who have mastectomy. Adjuvant drug therapy (chemotherapy, hormone therapy or trastuzumab) may be recommended, based on the tumor's size, spread to lymph nodes, and prognostic features. You can learn more about this through this link: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_4X_Treatment_by_Stage_Breast_Cancer_5.asp?sitearea=
I hope this helps. Take care and keep us posted.