Women with primary invasive breast cancer receive both local and systemic treatment
2002
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- Women with primary invasive breast cancer receive both local and systemic treatment
- Surgery and radiation therapy are local treatments given to reduce the risk of recurrent cancer in the breast, chest wall, and regional lymph nodes
- These local treatments may prevent the dissemination of cancer and may reduce mortality from breast cancer
- Cytotoxic chemotherapy and hormonal therapy are systemic treatments given after local treatment to reduce systemic recurrences and overall mortality from breast cancer
- Recent guidelines from the National Institutes of Health Consensus Conference, the National Comprehensive Cancer Center Network, and other groups recommend adjuvant chemotherapy, tamoxifen,
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