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Dear doctor, my aunt is suffering from breast cancer .treatment is going on. Is it possible to remove her breast so that she can escape from cancer?
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The primary treatment of breast cancer is surgery. However if the tumor cannot be operated due to its large size, chemotherapy to be given first to shrink the tumor and then to be operated. Cure depends on the stage, response to chemotherapy, hormone receptor status and lots of other histopathological variables of operated specimen.
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Yes it can be removed but before That all tests should be done to see there is no spread to other body parts. It it has been spread then first chemotherapy and then surgery can be planned.
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