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Patient Version   Health Professional Version   En español   Last Modified: 09/25/2008
Table 3: Treatment Options for Women With Axillary Node-Positive Breast Cancer

Patient group   Treatments 
* Note: This treatment option is under clinical evaluation.
Premenopausal, ER-positive or PR-positive Chemotherapy plus tamoxifen, chemotherapy plus ovarian ablation/GnRH analog, chemotherapy plus tamoxifen plus ovarian ablation/GnRH analog*, ovarian ablation alone or with tamoxifen or GnRH alone or with tamoxifen
Premenopausal, ER-negative or PR-negative Chemotherapy
Postmenopausal, ER-positive or PR-positive Tamoxifen plus chemotherapy, tamoxifen alone
Postmenopausal, ER-negative or PR-negative Chemotherapy
Older than 70 years Tamoxifen alone; consider chemotherapy if receptor-negative


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