Chemotherapy is not for every patient with breast cancer. Actually, the majority of breast cancer patients will never have chemotherapy. It is mainly for: Patients who have high-risk cancer that has been (or will be) removed completely by surgery and Some patients with stage 4 (or metastatic) breast cancer. High-risk breast cancer: This includes cancers that have not spread outside the …
Bone-directed therapy for Breast cancer
Bone-directed therapy (Denosumab and Bisphosphonate) for breast cancer is used in two major settings: As an adjuvant therapy after surgery to reduce the risk of cancer recurrence (Bisphosphonate only) In stage 4 disease when breast cancer has spread to bones Bone-directed therapy as an adjuvant therapy after surgery: Breast cancers can sometimes recur and spread to bones, usually many years after patients have had an …
Targeted therapy for Breast cancer
Targeted cancer therapies are treatments that target specific characteristics of cancer cells, such as a protein that tells the cancer cells to grow in a rapid or abnormal way. They are generally more precise than chemotherapy in targeting cancer cells and therefore less likely to harm normal, healthy cells. Targeted therapies can be used: Before surgery in conjunction with chemotherapy to …