Guide to Understanding Treatment Decisions
2016, 4th Edition
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Living Beyond Breast Cancer’s Guide to Understanding Treatment Decisions helps you make sense of screening tests, diagnostic tests, pathology tests and genomic tests. Find out how you and your doctor use results from these tests to create an individualized plan for your care. Using clear, straightforward language, this brochure will help you learn about:
- Recent changes in breast cancer treatment
- The role of personalized medicine
- Pathology tests for tumor
grade
, lymph node
status, surgical margins and more
- Hormone receptor
and HER2 receptor
status
- Genomic tests like Oncotype DX and MammaPrint
Once you understand your test results, use this guide to explore your treatment options. This brochure will help you talk with your doctor about:
- Lumpectomy versus mastectomy
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy
versus axillary lymph node dissection
- Radiation therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Hormonal therapy
- HER2-targeted therapy
The guide was written with guidance from a team of healthcare professionals, advocates and women like you.
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