The most important advances in the cure of breast cancer have come through the use of drug therapy, also called systemic therapy. Surgery and radiation therapy are effective for treating tumors confined to the breast but not for cancer cells that have spread. In such cases, drug therapy is needed. Drugs work systemically. That is, they kill cancer cells throughout the body rather than just in the breast or nearby tissue.
Systemic treatments for breast cancer...
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