What Are the Risks and Side Effects Associated With Breast Cancer Treatments?
The following are the different types of breast cancer treatments:1. Surgically removing the cancerous tissue by procedures like lumpectomy, quadrantectomy and mastectomy (complete or partial).2. Internal (brachytherapy) or external radiation therapy.3. Chemotherapy, a treatment which can be used in all stages of breast cancer uses drugs like Adriamycin, methotrexate, taxol and 5fluorouracil to kill the cancer cells.4. Targeted (Biologic) therapies attack specific abnormalities within cancer cells.5....
