BREAST cancer treatments in Australia should be "reversed" so that a patient's medication begins before she's operated on, a tumour expert says.
Oncologist Fran Boyle says beginning drug therapy before a sufferer undergoes an operation - which already happens in some parts of Australia - could make it easier for a tumour to be removed.
"(The drugs) travel throughout the body killing any cancer cells that have already spread, (and) they also make the tumour smaller," Professor Boyle told AAP.
"It would be an advantage to give drug treatments before surgery rather than waiting to do the operation and then giving drug treatments somewhere down the line when people have recovered."
Prof Boyle said adopting this procedure of treating breast cancer - which is already being used in parts of Australia - is likely to reduce the consequences of more extreme treatment techniques.
"This is different from how historic breast cancers have been treated, where everyone gets an operation and then you get your drugs afterwards, this is kind of reversing that process", she said.
Prof Boyle was speaking at the national conference in Sydney on Thursday of Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) at which more than 600 survivors of breast cancer gathered to hear the latest developments in treatment and research.
With 37 women diagnosed with breast cancer each day in Australia, the two-day conference is also an opportunity for survivors to share their experiences.
Gerda, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1989 and has since seen four other family members diagnosed with the illness, said networking with other survivors helped to deal with the issue.
"There is a real bond, just to know that they are not alone", she told AAP.
"Breast cancer is many different diseases and you can't just compare your breast cancer with the next person's."
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