Aparna Jayachandran

Department of Molecular medicine, Gallipoli Medical Research Institute, Greenslopes Clinical School, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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Breast Cancer Therapy
Author(s): Aparna Jayachandran*

Family physicians can better care for their patients throughout and after cancer treatment if they are aware of the available breast cancer treatments. According to stage, histology, and biomarkers, this article summarises standard treatments. Treatment is not necessary for lobular cancer in situ. Without further lymph node exploration or systemic therapy, invasive ductal carcinoma in situ is treated with breast-conserving surgery and radiation therapy. Breast-conserving surgery and radiation therapy are typically used to treat breast cancer in stages I and II. Radiation therapy reduces mortality and recurrence after breast-conserving surgery. For the majority of breast cancers with clinically negative axillary lymph nodes, sentinel lymph node biopsy is an option because it does not cause the arm pain and swelling that come with axillary lymph node dissection. ERBB.. Read More»
DOI: 10.37421/2577-0535.2022.7.184

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