What is Triple Negative Breast Cancer?
Breast Cancer
What is Triple Negative Breast Cancer?
Triple negative breast cancer is one of the most aggressive forms of the disease and accounts for about 20 percent of all breast cancers. It’s called triple negative because it does not have any of the main drivers of breast cancer–the estrogen receptor, the progesterone receptor, and the HER2 receptor–and consequently doesn’t respond to treatments that target them. The main treatment is chemotherapy or participation in clinical trials.
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Triple negative breast cancer is one of the most aggressive forms of the disease and accounts for about 20 percent of all breast cancers. It’s called triple negative because it does not have any of the main drivers of breast cancer–the estrogen receptor, the progesterone receptor, and the HER2 receptor–and consequently doesn’t respond to treatments that target them. The main treatment is chemotherapy or participation in clinical trials.
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Treatment: Choosing Your Treatment
Treatment: Early Stages
Treatment: Hormone Treatments
A mastectomy involves removing the breast – a treatment route many patients with breast cancer feel they will have no choice but to undergo. But it’s not the only surgical option.
Treatment: Surgery
A mastectomy involves removing the breast – a treatment route many patients with breast cancer feel they will have no choice but to undergo. But it’s not the only surgical option.
Treatment: Explaining the Options
For patients who do have to have their breasts or a piece of their breasts removed, there are a number of surgical reconstruction options available.
Treatment: Reconstruction
For patients who do have to have their breasts or a piece of their breasts removed, there are a number of surgical reconstruction options available.
Lymphedema is a chronic swelling that can occur after breast cancer surgery and radiation.
Treatment: Lymphedema
Lymphedema is a chronic swelling that can occur after breast cancer surgery and radiation.