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A woman was diagnosed as breast cancer that metastasized to the peritoneum she's takin chemotherapy will it be effective she's over 70 no mastectomy.
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Yes, good chance: Breast cancer has good treatments available even for advanced stage. There are several hormone type of treatments as well as many chemotherapy drugs which can be used. It takes 2 months to determine if a drug is effective or not. If one does not work, it can be switched over to another set of new drugs as needed.
Answered 7/8/2013
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It depends,,: This depends on the type of breast cancer, how extensive it is, and how effective the chemotherapy agent is for that cancer. For example, tamoxifen is a chemotherapy drug that's used on breast cancers that are positive for estrogen receptors and is very effective for them. This tumor has penetrated the chest wall, so it's high stage (iiib or more), but if no metastasis, has a decent (44%) chance.
Answered 7/8/2013
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