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What treatment is best for beginning of stage 3a breast cancer?

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Dr. Carlos Encarnacion answered

Specializes in Medical Oncology

Everything: Depends on certain factors but typically includes surgery followed by chemo (or vice versa) and radiation therapy. If her-2 positive, trastuzumab (herceptin) is given for a year and if er or pr positive, hormone therapy is given for 5-10 years. Should be an orchestrated effort by specialists in different fields.

Answered 8/9/2013

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