Treatments for Breast Cancer

There is a range of treatments for breast cancer which include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and hormonal therapy.

The health professionals who care for women with breast cancer work in a variety of specialties, general practice, nursing and other health professions. Some of the clinical specialties involved are surgery, radiation oncology, medical oncology, diagnostic radiology, and pathology.

The National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre, which aims to improve outcomes for women with breast cancer, provides a range of detailed information on Treatment options for breast cancer [National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)]

For information on specific types of treatment, follow the links to the specific HealthInsite topic pages below.  For information on all other treatments, follow the links in the list of 'resources found' below.

Reviewed September 2007

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Endocrine (Hormonal) Therapies for Breast Cancer
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Radiation Treatments for Breast Cancer
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Surgery for Breast Cancer
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Title:   Specialist breast care nurses for supportive care of women with breast cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Breast cancer is a complex disease which has seen survival for women improve over the last 20 years. Many of these improvements are linked to treatment advances, improved screening and a multiprofessional approach to its management. Breast Care Nurses (...
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Complementary treatments
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   Complementary and alternative therapies are any treatments or therapies that are not part of the conventional treatment (such as surgery and radiotherapy) of a disease.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Locally advanced breast cancer
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   Locally advanced breast cancer is the name for breast cancer that is larger than 5cm and may have spread from the breast into the lymph nodes or other tissues next to the breast.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Workshop for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers - Albury
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   Following the success of the workshop in Cairns, the NBCC held a workshop on breast cancer in Indigenous women on 7 March 2007 in Albury, in conjunction with the 9th National Rural health Conference.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Drug treatments for pain management
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   Choosing a drug or a combination of drugs for pain depends on the type and severity of pain. Every individual is different and therefore it may take time to establish the treatment that is right for you.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Pain management
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   Not everyone with cancer will suffer pain. For those women who do experience pain improvements in drugs and a better understanding of the causes of pain mean that there is rarely any need at any stage to continue to experience pain.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Costs and expenses of breast cancer
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   Information about costs that could be involved in your treatment and care, and financial or practical help that might be available.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Younger women affected by breast cancer
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   If you are younger than 40 when your breast cancer is diagnosed you are likely to face different issues in your treatment for breast cancer and follow-up than older women with the disease.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Early breast cancer treatment options
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   Early breast cancer is usually treated with surgery, with or without radiotherapy. Hormonal therapy and chemotherapy may also be used.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Treatment options for breast cancer
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   Treatment for breast cancer will vary depending on the stage of cancer. Every womans situation and breast cancer is different.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Early breast cancer
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   Early breast cancer can be treated successfully and most women diagnosed and treated for early breast cancer do not die from the disease.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Topical agents and dressings for fungating wounds
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is weak evidence to suggest that patients with superficial fungating breast lesions (smaller than 1cm) who have received either previous radiotherapy, surgery, hormone therapy or chemotherapy for their breast cancer may extend the time to disease ...
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Breast cancer: treatments
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   There are a number of factors to be considered before a doctor selects the right treatment for someone with breast cancer.
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Breast cancer
Publisher:   Clinical Management and Treatment Education (CLIMATE)
Description:   Breast cancer traces the journey of a person from breast lump to recovery. This is a preview of the CLIMATE treatment program for breast cancer.
Date:   Dec 2004
Title:   Non-medical treatments for pain management
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   Briefly describes non-medical treatments for pain management in cancer, including: relaxation; education programs about how to take pain medication; acupuncture and massage.
Date:   Aug 2004
Title:   DCIS Ductal Carcinoma in situ breast cancer treatment options
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   DCIS is usually treated by surgery (breast conserving surgery or mastectomy), with or without radiotherapy. Hormonal therapies (drugs that change the way hormones work in the body) are still being tested for use in women with DCIS.
Date:   Jun 2004
Title:   Ductal carcinoma in situ - understanding your diagnosis and treatment
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   DCIS is the name for abnormal cells that are contained in the milk ducts of the breast. The causes of DCIS are unknown.
Date:   Jun 2004
Title:   Metastatic breast cancer
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   Every womans cancer is different and the way the cancer develops will be different for each woman. For some women living with a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer is similar to living with a chronic illness.
Date:   Feb 2004
Title:   Psychological interventions for women with metastatic breast cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Several types of psychological interventions may be available for women with advanced breast cancer (metastatic cancer that has spread beyond the breast). These include educational and psychotherapeutic interventions, support groups and individual cogni...
Date:   Dec 2003
Title:   Clinical practice guidelines for the management and support of younger women with breast cancer
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Description:   This document provides information on assisting younger women and their doctors to manage, support and treat breast cancer.
Date:   Nov 2003
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