What is Adjuvant Therapy treatment for Breast Cancer?
Adjuvant therapy is used after your surgery (or other procedure aimed at removing your primary tumor) to delay or prevent your cancer from coming back. Even if your surgery was successful, it is possible that some undetectable cancer remains.
What are types of adjuvant treatment?
- Chemotherapy
- Tamoxifen (Nolvadex, Soltamox)
- Aromatase inhibitor (such as Anastrozole (Arimidex), Exemestane (Aromasin), Letrozole (Femara))
- Chemotherapy+ Endocrine therapy (aromatase inhibitor or tamoxifen (Nolvadex, Soltamox)+trastuzumab (Herceptin, Herzuma, Ogivri, Ontruzant, Kanjinti, Trazimera )
- Chemotherapy+ trastuzumab (Herceptin, Herzuma, Ogivri, Ontruzant, Kanjinti, Trazimera )+ pertuzumab (Perjeta)
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