How to Treat Pagets Disease Of The Nipple?
Medical Treatment:
- Pagets disease of the nipple is treated by removing the cancerous part of the breast, or sometimes the whole breast using mastectomy
- It is usually associated with breast cancer
- Surgery is often the first type of treatment if you have Pagets disease of the nipple. The main surgery types are:
- Breast-conserving surgery - only the cancerous lump and a small part of breast tissue are removed
- Mastectomy - surgery to remove the whole breast, followed by reconstructive surgery to recreate the removed breast
- Surgery may be the only treatment you need if you have non-invasive breast cancer
- If you have invasive breast cancer, you may need further treatment after surgery
- Some other breast cancer treatments such as biological therapy, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy