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Triple Negative Breast Cancer Treatment
Triple-negative breast cancer is typically treated with a combination of therapies such as surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Many women are worried when they find out that additional treatments such as hormonal therapy and Herceptin aren’t likely to treat triple-negative breast cancer. But new treatments are being studied, and there is encouraging news about chemotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer.
Some research has shown that hormone-receptor-negative breast cancers —...
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From Our Experts
FAQS: Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Q. I’ve been diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. Is this a type of breast cancer like IDC or inflammatory breast cancer,... Read more »
Triple Negative Breast Cancer: Making Sense of Estrogen, Progesterone...
Most oncologists now are thinking of breast cancer as at least four diseases based on endocrine features - luminal A, luminal B, Her2... Read more »
Keri's Breast Cancer Story: One More Chemo Treatment Added to the...
My wife, Keri Haberstroh, was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 25 in 2005. My name is Doug, and I am here to tell Keri's breast cancer... Read more »
OK, I Have Breast Cancer. Now What? A Step-by-Step Guide to Treatment
You had a “bad” mammogram. You thought, OK, it’s probably nothing, even though they want me to have a biopsy.You had a biopsy, and... Read more »
Breast Cancer in Women Over 70: Treatment Decisions
While you’re much more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer as an older woman than you are when you’re under 60, treatment advice... Read more »
From Our Sources
Research on New Treatment for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Source: Breastcancer.org
Researchers are working to find the best approaches to treating triple-negative breast cancer. Some clinical trials are comparing the effectiveness... Read more »
Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Source: Breastcancer.org
Your pathology report may say that the breast cancer cells tested negative for estrogen receptors (ER-), progesterone receptors (PR-), and HER2... Read more »
Potential Target for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Scientists have discovered a unique biomarker for triple-negative breast cancer that may one day allow women to receive a more targeted treatment. A... Read more »
How Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Behaves and Looks
Source: Breastcancer.org
To understand triple-negative breast cancer, it’s important to understand receptors, which are proteins found inside and on the surface of cells.... Read more »
Who Gets Triple-Negative Breast Cancer?
Source: Breastcancer.org
Anyone can get triple-negative breast cancer. However, researchers have found that it is more likely to affect: Younger people. Triple-negative... Read more »
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