Breast Cancer
Chemotherapy is typically a portion of the treatment plan for patients with late-stage or intermediate-stage breast cancer. The five-year survival rate for women with breast cancer is nearly 90 percent, which is excellent. In patients with stage 1 breast cancer, the five-year survival rate is nearly one hundred percent. The survival rate decreases proportionally as breast cancer is diagnosed later. With chemotherapy, the five-year survival rate for breast cancer patients diagnosed at stage 4 is only 26%. Although breast cancer patients who undergo surgical removal of their malignancies and continue with chemotherapy can typically live a normal, cancer-free life, this is not always the case.
