If you develop breast cancer that recurs in lymph nodes near the breast, you probably will need both local and whole-body treatment.
Local treatment might include surgery to remove the affected lymph nodes, and possibly also radiation therapy. Whole-body treatment might include chemotherapy, targeted therapies such as Herceptin (chemical name: trastuzumab), and hormonal (anti-estrogen) therapy.
The following pages will give you more information on the three types of breast cancer recurrence. If you have not had a recurrence, but are just reading this section to keep informed, your mind may play tricks on you. You might develop some suspicious symptoms that seem like recurrence. This is a very natural reaction. If those symptoms don't go away within a day or so, make an appointment with your doctor to be sure.
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