Does breast cancer stage matter? Learn the latest about the use of anthracycline chemotherapies for breast cancer, including epirubicin (Ellence) and doxorubicin (Adriamycin), for early stage and advanced stage, or metastatic, breast cancer.
When a woman is diagnosed with early stage breast cancer, one of the first things doctors want to determine is the estrogen and progesterone receptor status of the cancer.