Breast cancer recurrence
FASLODEX is indicated for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women whose disease has returned or progressed following antiestrogen therapy.
Breast cancer recurrence is the term used to describe the return of breast cancer following primary treatment such as surgery with or without adjuvant therapy such as hormonal treatment. Cancer can return either in the same place as the original tumor or somewhere else in the body.
Breast cancer recurrence
- Local recurrence occurs in the breast where the cancer first started or in the skin and underlying tissues where the breast used to be. This type of breast cancer recurrence can happen even if you’ve had a mastectomy.
- Regional recurrence occurs in the lymph nodes near the affected breast. These regional lymph nodes include nodes found under the arm (axillary nodes), below and above the collar bone, and in the chest wall.
- Distant recurrence occurs in other parts of the body, such as the bones, liver, lungs, or brain.