Systemic Treatment of Cancer

A physician’s instinct, based on decades of medical training, is to remove the tumor. But what if the modern, evidence-based approach requires waiting? A paradigm shift in breast cancer treatment now shows that using systemic therapy before surgery can dramatically increase the chances of a cure.

Explore this doctor’s dilemma through a compelling conversation between a family physician facing her own diagnosis and the oncologist who explains the powerful, life-saving reasons behind this new standard of care.