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- Title
Management of locally advanced breast cancer.
- Authors
Murina, Patricia; del Castillo, Soledad; del Castillo, Andrés; Castro Peña, Pablo; Lim, Fiona; Wan, Bo Angela; Silva, Mauricio F.
- Abstract
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and its management often presents with difficult decisions about the most appropriate treatment. Locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) is a heterogeneous entity that includes advanced stage primary tumors, cancers with extensive lymph node involvement and inflammatory breast carcinmas. The prognosis of such tumors is often unfavorable; despite aggressive treatment, many patients eventually develop distant metastases and die from the disease. Advances in systemic therapy, including radiation treatment, surgical techniques and the development of new targeted agents, have significantly improved clinical outcomes for patients with this disease. The optimal management of LABC requires a multidisciplinary approach, a wellcoordinated treatment program and close cooperation between medical, surgical and radiation oncologists. The purpose of this review is to discuss this type of cancer in the context of practice with a modern approach to its definition and treatment strategies.
- Subjects
BREAST cancer prognosis; BREAST tumor diagnosis; BREAST tumor treatment; BREAST tumors; CANCER patient medical care; HEALTH care teams; METASTASIS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMOR classification; DISEASE management
- Publication
Journal of Pain Management, 2019, Vol 12, Issue 4, p359
- ISSN
1939-5914
- Publication type
Article