This flap of muscle, skin, and fatty tissue is moved, still connected to its blood supply. May be cancerous or premalignant. A malignant tumor arising from glandular structures in an organ. Breast cancer is a type of adenocarcinoma. A secondary treatment in addition to the primary therapy.
Chemotherapy is often an adjuvant therapy to mastectomy.
The use of anticancer drugs after surgery to prevent a recurrence of cancer. Adjuvant chemotherapy is commonly given to breast cancer patients who have positive lymph nodes. A stage of cancer in which the disease has spread from the breast to other body systems by traveling through the lymphatic system or through the bloodstream. Approaches to medical diagnosis and therapy that have not been developed by use of generally accepted methods of validating their effectiveness. Alternative therapies are often intended to be used in conjunction with professional medical care.