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Breast Cancer: Treatment

The treatment of breast cancer can be broken down into two categories: early stage and advanced stage. Early stage treatment involves tumors that are confined to the breast. Advanced stage treatment involves tumors that have spread beyond the breast to other regions of the body. Treatment options are dependent upon size of tumor, location, physical condition of patient, and stage of cancer.

As our focus is on the biology of the cancers and their treatments, we do not give detailed treatment guidelines. Instead, we link to organizations in the U.S. that generate the treatment guidelines.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) lists the following treatments for breast cancer:

• Surgery
• Radiation Therapy
• Chemotherapy
• Hormone Therapy
  • SERMs
• Monoclonal Antibody Therapy
  • Herceptin®

For more information about how other cancer treatments work, refer to the Cancer Treatments section.

Learn more about breast cancer treatment at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

Information about clinical trials:

• General clinical trial information from CancerQuest
• Click here for information about clinical trials from the National Cancer Institute.
• Click here for information about clinical trials from Georgia Clinical Trials Online.
• Click here for information about clinical trials at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University