The Detroit News. The United States will experience a 25-percent drop in death rates, with about 40,000 women dying of cancer this year. They really are remarkable trends. There are three main treatments after surgery.
Radiotherapy targets the remnants of cancer lurking in or near the breast.
Tamoxifen alone has been found to head off one in six recurrences and cut the risk of relapse by more than one-third. While tamoxifen fights cancer, it also can cause womb cancer and blood clots in the lungs.