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Treatments

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Surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, breast reconstruction. Today, breast cancer treatment is more complicated than ever. And often there are more choices than you might expect. We're here to help.

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Our medical experts break down each treatment into its components, so you better understand your options and the questions to ask to get the answers you need. Whether you're looking to better understand your path, validate your choices, prepare for treatment, join a clinical trial, or just visualize the road ahead, we are here for you.

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Targeted therapy

Hormonal therapy

Immunotherapy

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Treatment for metastatic breast cancer

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Financial matters, health insurance, and work

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Dealing with health insurance coverage denial

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Clinical trials

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Clinical trials are research studies carried out in people. They evaluate new therapies and compare the new treatments to current ones.

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Clinical trials for MBC

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FDA approval programs

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Ribociclib

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Ribociclib (Kisqali), a targeted therapy, is the second CDK 4/6 inhibitor to be approved by the FDA. It targets two specific kinases, or enzymes, that help tumor cells grow and divide.

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Metastatic trial search

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Early-stage breast cancer trial search

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Use this tool to find early-stage breast cancer clinical trials across the United States.

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