Chest Wall/Scarline Recurrence

Chest wall, scar-line or local cancer recurrence after a lumpectomy is treated in several ways. Generally speaking, the typical treatment plan for a recurrence of breast cancer involves a mastectomy or a local resection, possible radiation and chemotherapy. A recurrence to the scar-line or chest wall after a mastectomy is usually treated with radiation (providing none was given previously) and/or systemic therapies.

Our booklet for metastatic breast cancer patients, I Still Buy Green Bananas (PDF file), is available to answer more of your questions in detail.