Breast Cancer, Metastatic or Recurrent

Surgery

Surgery is not generally used to treat metastatic breast cancer. Mastectomy may be used to treat breast cancer that has recurred in the breast (local recurrence) following breast-conserving surgery and radiation.

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Author:	Kathe Gallagher, MSW Ralph Poore	Last Updated: October 19, 2007
Medical Review:	Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH - Family Medicine Donald Sproule, MD, CM, CCFP, FCFP - Family Medicine Douglas A. Stewart, MD - Medical Oncology
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