adjuvant
just like most of the cancers... chemotherapy
Chemotherapy and breast surgery are both important parts of cancer treatment. Whether one or the other, or both, are recommended depends on the clinical situation. The breast surgery removes the original tumor. The chemotherapy reduces the risk of recurrence or spread.
Not yet, only some therapies. Some of which are effective for some people, some of which are not. Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and mastectomy (amputation of breast) are still very common treatments.
that surgery did not remove all the cancer cells and that further treatment may be necessary (with chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy). By far, the worst risk is recurrence of cancer.
A lumpectomy surgery is the removal of a lump or cancerous tumor in breast tissue. This is the common alternative treatment to breast cancer instead of chemotherapy or mastectomy surgery.
Lifelong precaution
Depending on the type of tumor, lymph node status, and other factors, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and/or hormone therapy may be prescribed.
Yes, mastectomy is the correct spelling.
Removal of the breast is a Mastectomy.
The Pink Heart Fund based in Mississippi serves those suffering with cancer. It provides wigs for those who've undergone chemotherapy and post-mastectomy bra's.
The radical mastectomy, also called the Halsted mastectomy, is rarely performed today.