What Is Breast Cancer?
Medical oncology care for breast cancer, from early stage to advanced disease, planned together with the surgical and radiation teams. Breast cancer is not one disease. Tests on the tumour, such as hormone receptor and HER2 status, show which type it is and which medicines are likely to work best. Treatment may include chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy, given before or after surgery or radiation. The plan is made together with the other specialists involved in your care.
Depending on the stage and type, treatment may include chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy, planned together with the surgical and radiation teams.
Often yes. A combined plan is made for each patient after reviewing reports and test results.
For cancers that grow with the help of hormones, medicines can block or lower those hormones. These are usually tablets taken for several years.
Follow-up visits are scheduled regularly during and after treatment to check recovery and detect any change early.
