Paget's disease of the breast medical therapy

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Medical Therapy

Chemotherapy

• Chemotherapy may be offered for women with Paget's disease of the breast who have an underlying invasive breast cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes.
• Drugs and combinations are the same as used for breast cancer.

Radiation Therapy

• External beam radiation therapy is given after breast-conserving surgery to reduce the chance of the cancer recurring in the breast.
• It is also given if the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes.

Hormonal therapy

Hormonal therapy may be offered if the cancer is hormone receptor positive.