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Adjuvant Systemic Therapy

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The multidisciplinary treatment of primary breast cancer includes surgery, radiation, and systemic therapy. Approximately two thirds of patients with regional lymph node metastasis recur within 5 years after “curative” resection, presumably due to the presence of undetectable micrometastases that exist at the time of surgery. Therefore, only systemic therapy can eradicate micrometastatic disease and improve long-term disease-free survival. This chapter provides an overview of adjuvant chemotherapy therapy for breast cancer.

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Lowe, T., Somlo, G. (2010). Adjuvant Systemic Therapy. In: Dirbas, F., Scott-Conner, C. (eds) Breast Surgical Techniques and Interdisciplinary Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6076-4_61

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