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Breast Cancer Treatment (Patient) (cont.)

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 (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.

To Learn More About Breast Cancer

For more information from the National Cancer Institute about breast cancer, see the following:

  • Breast Cancer Home Page
  • What You Need to Know About™ Breast Cancer
  • Breast Cancer Prevention
  • Breast Cancer Screening
  • Breast Cancer Treatment and Pregnancy
  • Preventive Mastectomy
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
  • Drugs Approved for Breast Cancer
  • Understanding Cancer Series: Targeted Therapies (Advances in Targeted Therapies and Targeted Therapies for Breast Cancer)
  • Targeted Cancer Therapies
  • Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers
  • Understanding Cancer Series: Gene Testing
  • Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk: It's Your Choice

For general cancer information and other resources from the National Cancer Institute, see the following:

  • What You Need to Know About™ Cancer
  • Understanding Cancer Series: Cancer
  • Cancer Staging
  • Chemotherapy and You: Support for People With Cancer
  • Radiation Therapy and You: Support for People With Cancer
  • Coping with Cancer: Supportive and Palliative Care
  • Cancer Library
  • Information For Survivors/Caregivers/Advocates
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