Current management and treatment strategies for breast cancer.
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol
; 24(1): 44-8, 2012 Feb.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22123219
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women in the United States and the second most common cause of cancer death in women. This review will focus on the current and clinically relevant recommendations for breast cancer diagnosis, staging, and treatment. RECENT FINDINGS:
Screening for breast cancer is based on patient history, exam, mammography, and ultrasound. In select patient populations, MRI adds additional detection benefit. Once pathology is found, nipple-sparing mastectomy is felt to be an oncologically well tolerated procedure for both ductal carcinoma in situ and invasive tumors in properly selected patients. Prophylactic mastectomy rates are increasing despite no clear survival benefit. Sentinel lymph node biopsy continues to be the staging procedure of choice, but data are available that completion axillary dissection for a positive sentinel node may not affect outcomes.SUMMARY:
Strategies for caring for breast cancer patients continue to evolve. Multiple variables including genetic predisposition, disease burden, tumor markers, receptor status, and patient preference are integral to the decision making for each individual patient.
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Colección:
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias de la Mama
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Carcinoma Ductal de Mama
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Mastectomía
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol
Asunto de la revista:
GINECOLOGIA
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OBSTETRICIA
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos