Breast Cancer Treatment

Breast cancer treatments are getting better all the time, and people have many more options today than ever before. With so many choices, it’s a good idea to learn as much as you can about the ones that can help you the most.

No matter which ones you choose, all breast cancer treatments have two main goals:

1. To rid the body of as much of the cancer as possible
2. To prevent the disease from coming back

How Do I Know Which Breast Cancer Treatment to Choose?

Your doctor will think about a few things before she recommends a treatment for you:

• The type of breast cancer you have
• The size of your tumor and how far the cancer has spread in your body, called the stage of your disease
• If your tumor has things called "receptors" for HER2 protein, estrogen, and progesterone, or other specific features.

Your age, if you’ve gone through menopause, other health conditions you have, and your personal preferences also play a role in this decision-making process.