Breast Cancer Treatment
After diagnosis, a breast cancer treatment of choice is decided between the health care providers and patients. Such choice is generally dependent on the patient’s preference, but necessarily, it is reliant to the stage, risk factors of appearance, other unique features of the tumor, and the overall physical condition. Some breast cancer treatments are common in treatment of other cancer types. Breast cancer treatment categories are divided into surgery options, chemotherapy, radiation, hormonal therapy, and other complementary therapies. Surgery can be performed in several ways. The most common surgical procedures applied in breast cancer treatment are lumpectomy, mastectomy, and segmental excision. Lumpectomy is the elimination of the breast lump which requires radiotherapy after the procedure to make sure that the tumor does not return.