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Multi-Modality Therapy  

What is multi-modality therapy?

A modality of therapy is a type of treatment, such as:

• Surgery
• Radiation therapy
• Hormonal therapy
• Chemotherapy
• Biological therapy

Multi-modality therapy for cancer is the use of more than one modality of treatment, administered either at the same time or sequentially.

Purposes of multi-modality therapy for breast cancer are to:

• Remove the tumor in the breast
• Prevent recurrence (re-occurrence) of the tumor in the chest area
• Prevent spread of the tumor to other parts of the body
• Eliminate cancer cells that may have already spread to the chest area and/or other parts of the body

Examples of multi-modality therapy for breast cancer include:

• Surgery and radiation therapy
• Surgery and hormonal therapy
• Surgery and chemotherapy
• Surgery and biological therapy
• Surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy
• Surgery, hormonal therapy, and chemotherapy
• Surgery, hormonal therapy, and biological therapy
• Surgery, chemotherapy, and biological therapy
• Surgery, hormonal therapy, chemotherapy, and biological therapy


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