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Does stage 1 breast cancer need an immediate chemotherapy after total mastectomy?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Well. The treatment : Plan depends on a number of factors that would need to be discussed with the breast surgeon, radiation oncologist etc. Was a total mastectomy recommended for a stage 1 breast cancer?

Answered 1/21/2014

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