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45. Breast Cancer Res. It does not progress to, but increases the risk of, subsequent invasive breast cancer in either breast by approximately 7 percent over 10 years.23 Local and systemic therapies are not indicated, but affected women should undergo rigorous breast cancer surveillance. Remember that even if you choose not to treat the cancer, you can still get supportive care to help with pain or other symptoms. 26. Slamon DJ, Buchholz TA, J Natl Cancer Inst. et al. If you have cancer, you may want to take part. Chen AM,
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31. Del Bianco P, This content is owned by the AAFP. 50. 2001;(4):CD002195. The American Cancer Society also has programs and services – including rides to treatment, lodging, and more – to help you get through treatment. Inflammatory breast cancer, although considered stage III, is aggressive and requires induction chemotherapy followed by mastectomy, rather than breast-conserving surgery, as well as axillary lymph node dissection and chest wall radiation. et al. ; 2005;97(3):188–194. 36. 17. Risk factors for breast recurrence in premenopausal and postmenopausal patients with ductal cancers treated by conservation therapy. Taxane-based combinations as adjuvant chemotherapy of early breast cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized trials. Interpretation of survival data must take into consideration that treatment and terminology have changed over time. October 2009. Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group (EBCTCG). Pavlidis N, The American Cancer Society Reach To Recovery® program connects people facing breast cancer – from diagnosis through survivorship – with trained volunteers who are breast cancer survivors.