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The goals of care for patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive advanced breast cancer include prolongation of disease-free and overall survival, amelioration of symptoms, and improvement in quality of life.
A considerable number of women with breast cancer are diagnosed during their reproductive years. In the short period of time in which newly diagnosed women will need to make decisions about surgical options and adjuvant therapy, younger women with breast cancer also face the potential impairment or complete loss of their fertility.
The Case: A 48-year-old perimenopausal woman noted a lump in her left breast. She had had a mammogram 9 months earlier without abnormality. After ultrasound imaging confirmed a solitary mass measuring about 1.5 cm, a core needle biopsy demonstrated a poorly differentiated mammary carcinoma with chondroid features.
Recently published research questions the need for the advised restriction against the use of soyfoods by women with a history of breast cancer.
Accelerated partial-breast irradiation is a shorter, alternative radiation technique for select patients with favorable early-stage breast cancer. We review here the different modalities of delivery and discuss the possible benefits and harms associated with these treatments.
A 22-year-old female collegiate soccer player complains of a painful palpable area in her right breast accompanied by a straw-colored nipple discharge. Because she is extremely anxious and has had previous excisional biopsies, you decide to perform a lumpectomy.
A 38-year-old female (para 3, gravida 3), complains of persistent bilateral mammary gland pain associated with a “lumpy” feeling when she does a self-examination. She carries a family history of breast cancer in both her mother and older sister.
A 71-year-old woman was receiving a multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimen following a lumpectomy for breast cancer. After the second round of treatment, she presented for medical care due to persistent, intensely painful ulceration of the contralateral breast.
A 31-year-old woman has undergone a lumpectomy for a small, estrogen receptor–positive breast tumor. She acutely develops a painful, hot fluctuant lump on her chin. What would be the most appropriate thing to do first?
Ahead of the ASCO 2013 meeting we discuss neoadjuvant therapy options and clinical trials in breast cancer, as well as the opportunities for targeted therapies in post-neoadjuvant trials.
This year's coverage of ASH 2012 includes write-ups of the most important information to come out of this year's event.
Cancer Network presents exclusive coverage from SABCS 2012, featuring the top stories to come out of this year's meeting.
This year's coverage of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2012 Congress includes write-ups of the most important information to come out of this year's event.
Cancer Network presents exclusive coverage from the 2012 ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium, featuring the top stories to come out of this year's meeting.Physicians Practice | Psychiatric Times | SearchMedica | Medical Resources
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