Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, other than skin cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women after lung cancer. The American Cancer Society predicts that there will be about 182,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer in the year 2000. Fortunately, deaths from breast cancer have declined significantly, which is though to be due to better detection and improved treatment.
Screening by breast exam and regular mammogram as recommended greatly increases the chance of early diagnosis and is important for women of all ages.
Once a breast cancer is diagnosed, the focus of care depends on the stage of disease and the personal goals of the individual. An elderly woman with a less aggressive type of cancer may wish to avoid aggressive treatments and pursue palliative treatments, while for a younger woman, aggressive therapy targeted at achieving remission is usually desired.
Treatment strategy depends on the stage of disease and the goals of care for the individual. Treatment usually consists of a combination of surgery, medication, radiation, and/or chemotherapy.
This MediFocus Guide contains an extensive listing of citations and abstracts of recent journal articles that have been published about this condition in trustworthy medical journals. This is the same type of information that is available to physicians and other health care professionals. A partial selection of journal articles that are abstracted in this MediFocus Guide includes:
Health food store recommendations for breast cancer patients. Archives of Family Medicine. 2000
Preliminary report concomitant irradiation and paclitaxel as radiosensitizer to increase the operability of unresectable locally advanced breast cancer. Gan to Kagaku Ryoho [Japanese Journal of Cancer & Chemotherapy]. 2000
New advances in the treatment of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer and breast cancer. Gan to Kagaku Ryoho [Japanese Journal of Cancer & Chemotherapy]. 2000
Locally advanced breast cancer and postmastectomy radiotherapy. Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. 2000
The impact of chemotherapy dose density and dose intensity on breast cancer outcome: what have we learned?. European Journal of Cancer. 2000
Docetaxel: an update of its use in advanced breast cancer. Drugs. 2000
Molecular detection of micrometastases and circulating tumor cells in melanoma prostatic and breast carcinomas. In Vivo. 2000
Primary systemic therapy in operable breast cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2000
Socioeconomic factors and breast carcinoma in multicultural women. Cancer. 2000
Current and potential chemotherapeutic agents used for induction chemotherapy in the treatment of breast cancer. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 2000
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