d/or stem cell transplant offers a chance of cure.Women with recurrent tumors that are both estrogen and progesterone receptor positive respond to hormone treatment in seventy five percent of cases.Women with only one type of hormone receptor present respond to treatment in only forty percent of cases.Women whose tumors are not hormone receptive at all respond to hormone therapy in only ten percent of cases.Hormone drugs are effective only for a limited time span, so several drugs must be used in succession, with each new drug being given only when the previous one stops working.Chemotherapy is used to supplement hormone therapy even for those patients who respond well to hormone therapy, as this even further increases the benefits to your health.If the original tumor has no hormone receptors, chemotherapy is the primary method of treatment and given from the beginning.Chemotherapy drugs are only effective for a limited time span.Chemotherapy drugs are given in various combinations. The first combination is called first-line treatment, when it ceases being effective a new combination called second-line treatment is given, and following that another combination called third-line treatment is given.Drug combinations are always in development and advances are made constantly.Combinations of drugs are generally more effective than single drugs in treating breast cancer.It is important to overcome or minimize side effects when giving chemotherapy.Bone marrow or stem cell transplant- this procedure is sometimes used to treat cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.-it sometimes produces infection in the lungs, liver damage, and other painful side effects.-It is often used to supplement high dose chemotherapy-The most promising use of this procedure is in women with a small number of metastic sites-This treatment is not given to women who have previously had multiple treatments.Studies have shown that bisophonates, drugs that disrupt...
