Treatment Options by Stage
Early Stage Breast Cancer (Stage I and Stage II)
Late Stage Breast Cancer (Stage III and Stage IV)
Early Stage Breast Cancer (Stage I and Stage II)
Treatment of early stage breast cancer (stage
I and stage II) may be
surgery followed by adjuvant
therapy as follows:
This summary section refers to specific treatments under study in
clinical trials, but it may not mention every new treatment being studied.
Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the
NCI Cancer.gov Web site.
Late Stage Breast Cancer (Stage III and Stage IV)
Treatment of late stage breast cancer (stage III and stage
IV) may include the following:
Radiation therapy and chemotherapy should not be given during the first 3 months of pregnancy.
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