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  • Dr Erick Fuentes

    Breast Surgeon, General Surgeon

    Dr Erick Fuentes is a Breast, Endocrine and General Surgeon in Sydney. He specialises in surgery for breast cancer, using techniques learned from plastic surgery … View Profile

    Medicine and surgery have come a long way. Did you know that breast conserving surgery coupled with radiotherapy are equivalent to mastectomy? Yes, most women can conserve their breast! Did you know that some breast cancer subtypes are given chemotherapy first to shrink the tumour before surgery? These days breast cancer treatment is tailored to the patient. There are many factors that influence the order in which different treatment modalities are given, which is why you see a specialist. Generally speaking, there are 3 main treatment modalities:

    1) Surgery

    2) Systemic therapy which includes, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy and hormone therapy and

    3) Radiotherapy.

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