Breast cancer chemotherapy and targeted therapy

Generally speaking, if it is chemotherapy for breast cancer. Breast cancer is a common malignant tumor in clinical practice. Early patients may present with breast lumps. A puncture biopsy can confirm the diagnosis. In the early stage, surgical resection is mainly performed. After surgery, according to the patient's pathological condition, it is determined whether further targeted chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, etc. are needed to improve the patient's efficacy. Patients who need targeted therapy generally have the following situations. The first is that the patient himself has a mutated gene site, and targeted therapy drugs can be used. The second is that chemotherapy or surgery and other treatments are not obvious or thorough. Targeted therapy drugs should be selected, but not every patient can use targeted therapy. If there is no corresponding mutated gene site, then the significance of using targeted therapy is not very great. What we usually call targeted therapy refers to targeted drug therapy. Another type of targeted therapy in the mouth of patients refers to targeted radiation therapy. Stereotactic precision radiotherapy is more commonly used in clinical practice, and is also called targeted therapy by patients. It has a better effect on the treatment of local tumors.

What does it mean to be negative for breast cancer?

In terms of treatment, endocrine therapy has no effect on this type of breast cancer. At the same time, studies have shown that hormone receptor-negative breast cancer is worse than positive patients after pregnancy. Triple-negative breast cancer accounts for about 15% of breast cancer types and is more common in middle-aged and elderly women. Early detection and early treatment are the key. What does negative breast cancer mean?

Can early breast cancer be cured?

Due to the special condition, only a few patients have breast cancer metastasis in the early stage, so the treatment effect is not very ideal. Comprehensive treatment with surgery as the main treatment is needed, including improved radical surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, targeted therapy, traditional Chinese medicine treatment, etc. Generally speaking, early breast cancer can be cured.