Our ability to detect breast cancer has outpaced the treatment options. Mammograms can now detect cancers as small as pinpoints and even single abnormal cells. The problem is that all of the available treatments including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation are pretty radical and often have serious side effects. These very small cancers may never develop into a fullblown metastatic disease but we treat even single cells as if they are life-threatening (we are a cancer-phobic group of people). The aim of current and future research is to find less invasive treatments to destroy abnormal cells without major surgery or systemic effects.
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