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Breast Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)

  • Updated: 11/21/2011

Table 8. Treatment Options for Women With Axillary Node-Positive Breast Cancer

Patient group  Treatments 
a Note: This treatment option is under clinical evaluation.
Premenopausal, ER-positive or PR-positiveChemotherapy plus tamoxifen, chemotherapy plus ovarian ablation/GnRH analog, chemotherapy plus tamoxifen plus ovarian ablation/GnRH analog,a ovarian ablation alone or with tamoxifen or GnRH alone or with tamoxifen
Premenopausal, ER-negative or PR-negativeChemotherapy
Postmenopausal, ER-positive or PR-positiveTamoxifen plus chemotherapy, tamoxifen alone
Postmenopausal, ER-negative or PR-negativeChemotherapy
Older than 70 yearsTamoxifen alone; consider chemotherapy if receptor-negative