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Breast cancer

Key points about treatments

Doctors use different treatments for women with different types of breast cancer. Here we talk about treatments for breast cancer that has not spread beyond the breast and the nearby lymph nodes (called non-metastatic breast cancer).

The treatments that you will be offered depend on:

Your doctor will tailor your treatment to your disease.

The size of the cancer
Where the cancer is in your breast
What type of breast cancer you have
Whether it has spread to other areas and, if so, where it has spread
Your general health.

This information was last updated on May 11, 2009

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