Treatment of Locoregional Recurrent Breast Cancer

For information about the treatments listed below, see the Treatment Option Overview section.

Treatment of locoregional recurrent breast cancer (cancer that has come back after treatment in the breast, in the chest wall, or in nearby lymph nodes), may include:

• Chemotherapy.
• Hormone therapy for tumors that are hormone receptor positive.
• Radiation therapy.
• Surgery.
• Targeted therapy (trastuzumab and pertuzumab).
• A clinical trial of a new treatment.

For information about treatment options for breast cancer that has spread to parts of the body outside the breast, chest wall, or nearby lymph nodes, see the Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer section.

Use our clinical trial search to find NCI-supported cancer clinical trials that are accepting patients. You can search for trials based on the type of cancer, the age of the patient, and where the trials are being done. General information about clinical trials is also available.