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...OPTIONS Mastectomy or lumpectomy plus radiation. Chemotherapy is used for any cancers that have spread to the lymph nodes and may even be indicated for larger node-negative tumors. Tamoxifen is prescribed for those cancers that respond to estrogen...
...OPTIONS Mastectomy or lumpectomy plus radiation. Chemotherapy. Tamoxifen for those cancers that respond to estrogen...
...OPTIONS Mastectomy or lumpectomy plus radiation. Lymph nodes are biopsied. Chemotherapy or tamoxifen may be recommended for some women...
...OPTIONS Most treatments are aimed at relieving symptoms or prolonging life a few months or years. Surgery or radiation to remove or at least try to shrink any tumors. Chemotherapy. Herceptin for those cancers that express an excess of the Her2 receptor. Tamoxifen or an aromatase inhibitor, if they haven't already been used, for those tumors that respond to estrogen. (Clinical trials of both herceptin and aromatase inhibitors in earlier stages of breast cancer are under...
These drugs could one day replace tamoxifen, which is routinely given to women at high risk for recurring tumors, and raloxifene, a newer drug that was originally designed to prevent osteoporosis but also appears to block breast cancer. Known as "designer estrogens," tamoxifen and raloxifene work by taking the place of the body's natural estrogen on the surface of breast-cancer cells, preventing the real thing from stimulating tumor growth...