TREATMENT
There are many treatment choices available to men and women with breast cancer on the basis of multiple individual factors. Most breast cancer treatment involves local and systemic measures. The goal of local treatments is to remove or eradicate cancer cells in the breast or axilla.
Local surgical primary treatments include lumpectomies, segmental resections, mastectomies, and axillary lymph node dissections (see table on page 38 ). Surgery may be used as a palliative treatment and in the prevention, diagnosis, staging, and rehabilitation of the patient with breast cancer.