Treatment Options for Recurrent Breast Cancer
Treatment of recurrentbreast cancer (cancer that has come back after treatment) in the breast or chest wall may include the following:
- Surgery (radical or modified radical mastectomy), radiation therapy, or both.
- Systemic chemotherapy or hormone therapy.
- A clinical trial of trastuzumab (Herceptin) combined with systemic chemotherapy.
Check for U.S. clinical trials from NCI's list of cancer clinical trials that are now accepting patients with recurrent breast cancer. For more specific results, refine the search by using other search features, such as the location of the trial, the type of treatment, or the name of the drug. General information about clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
Me and the Girls: Jennifer Mukai
WebMD senior writer Miranda Hitti interviewed breast cancer survivors as part of a series for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The series, called "Me & the Girls," explores the personal stories of these women after they were diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer survivor Jennifer Mukai, 43, lives in the Seattle area. Mukai got her first-ever mammogram in May 2009, right after turning 43. That mammogram led to her breast cancer diagnosis. Mammograms don't determine whether...
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