Surgery then Chemotherapy focuses on eliminating the tiny clusters of cancer cells post surgery or mastectomy. In doc talk it's Adjuvant Chemotherapy.
Pre-surgical chemotherapy is a newer option it shrinks the tumor before going under the knife.
In Pascale's case a much larger tumor was present in the breast, the drugs Taxane and FEC have reduced the mass, so breast conserving surgery may be used instead of mastectomy.
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy literally means new addition chemotherapy
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