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Treatment


UI Hospitals and Clinics Breast Cancer Care Team

At Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, we work to as a team to tailor breast cancer therapy to a woman’s individual needs.

Treating cancer is complex and requires a skilled healthcare team, with each specialist helping the patient with specific problems related to the cancer and its treatment.
There are five types of treatments for breast cancer:

Working in a team atmosphere, Holden Cancer Center cancer specialists can offer new and exciting ways of combining these treatments give women the option of customized treatments and a better chance of surviving breast cancer.

Based on the stage of your cancer, you and your physician will determine the best treatment for your cancer.

Although the types of treatments for breast cancer - surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation oncology are similar to treatments of the past, new and exciting ways of combining these treatments give women the option of customized treatments and a better chance of surviving breast cancer. We now offer MammoSite® radiation therapy treatments to Iowa.

For more information:
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