Types
There are three major types of chemotherapy.
- Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- given before surgery to shrink the size of a tumor
- Adjuvant chemotherapy
- given after surgery to reduce the risk of recurrence
- Palliative chemotherapy
- used to control (but not cure) the cancer in settings in which the cancer has spread beyond the breast and localized lymph nodes. See metastatic breast cancer.
- Combined therapies
- combining, for example, non-drug treatments with localized chemotherapy to limit toxocity and achieve better results
Read more about this topic: Breast Cancer Chemotherapy
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