What Are The Various Systemic Therapies For Breast Cancer And How Do Doctors Know Which Ones Are Right For Me?

Question: What is the difference between the various systemic therapies, and how is the decision made about which ones should be used in a given patient? What factors are involved in making the decision? What kind of doctor should be making the decision? Answer: Breast cancer therapy involves three different types of therapies normally: surgery, radiotherapy, and what we call 'systemic therapy.' The decisions about systemic therapy, which is basically drug therapy, are largely overseen by the...Full Story