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 January 2009

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Title:   Younger women with breast cancer
Publisher:   National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
Description:   The National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (NBOCC) of Australia providing information about breast cancer and ovarian cancer for women with breast and ovarian cancer health professionals and well women.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   What is early breast cancer?
Publisher:   National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
Description:   Early breast cancer is invasive cancer that is contained in the breast and may or may not have spread to lymph nodes in the breast or armpit. Some cancer cells may have spread outside the breast and armpit area but cannot be detected.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Secondary breast cancer
Publisher:   National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
Description:   Secondary breast cancer is invasive breast cancer that has spread from the breast to other parts of the body. Secondary breast cancer is also known as metastatic breast cancer or advanced breast cancer.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Treatments for pain caused by secondary breast cancer
Publisher:   National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
Description:   Cancer pain can usually be controlled. It's rare to have cancer pain that can't be lessened or changed.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   How to report pain
Publisher:   National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
Description:   It's important to report any new or worsening pain so that doctors can find the most likely cause and recommend the best way of managing it.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Dealing with practical aspects of a breast cancer diagnosis
Publisher:   National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
Description:   After a diagnosis of cancer, there may be a number of practical things to think about.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   What is ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)?
Publisher:   National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
Description:   Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is the name for abnormal changes in the cells in the milk ducts of the breast. DCIS is a non-invasive breast cancer.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Breast cancer and fertility
Publisher:   National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
Description:   Some treatments for breast cancer can affect a woman's ability to become pregnany.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Complementary and alternative therapies
Publisher:   National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
Description:   Complementary therapies are a range of approaches to care aimed at enhancing quality of life and improving wellbeing. They may be used alongside conventional treatments such as surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormonal therapies or targeted therapies.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Treatment team
Publisher:   National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
Description:   The health professionals involved in the care of an individual woman with breast cancer will depend on the stage and type of breast cancer and where the woman is in her treatment journey.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Pain management
Publisher:   National Breast Cancer Centre (NBCC)
Description:   Secondary breast cancer affects different women in different ways. Some women have no pain, others find that pain affects them at certain times of the day or night or while doing different activities.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Treatment options for early breast cancer
Publisher:   National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
Description:   Treatment options for early breast cancer
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   What is locally advanced breast cancer?
Publisher:   National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre
Description:   Locally advanced breast cancer is invasive breast cancer that has one or more of the following features: may be large (typically bigger than 5 cm); may have spread to several lymph nodes in the armpit (axilla) or other areas near the breast; may have spread to other tissues around the breast such as the skin, muscle or ribs.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Breast cancer: treatments - myDr.com.au
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:   Apr 2009
Title:   Topical agents and dressings for fungating wounds
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Fungating wounds sometimes occur in people with advanced cancer. Care usually aims to slow down disease progression, and improve quality of life by relieving the physical symptoms caused by the wounds (leakage, bad smell, pain and the risk of haemorrhag...
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Management of early breast cancer
Publisher:   New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG)
Description:   The purpose of this guideline is to provide an evidence-based summary of best practice in the management of early breast cancer in order to promote best clinical practice in relation to the care and management of women with early breast cancer. The recommendations are based on clinical effectiveness and other considerations (including quality of life), but not on an analysis of cost effectiveness or quality of life years gained).
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Psychological interventions for women with metastatic breast cancer
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   For women with metastatic breast cancer (cancer that has spread beyond the breast) several types of psychological interventions may be available. These include educational and psychotherapeutic interventions, support groups and individual cognitive beha...
Date:   Sep 2007
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:   Jan 2007
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:   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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