Adjuvant Breast Cancer Treatment Castiglione Monica Piccart by Castiglione, Monica; Piccart, Martine J instant download after payment.

1 online resource (xvi, 490 pages) :, Adjuvant treatment is administered prior to or as follow up to surgical procedures for breast cancer. Proven success in using medical therapies allowing for breast conserving procedures or reducing risk of occurrence. Although there has been much progress towards a cure, including the introduction of new targeted therapies, metastasizing cancer remains highly incurable. \"The adjuvant treatment of breast cancer has become standard of care. A spectrum of biologic and prognostic factors are considered before a therapeutic strategy is implemented. In this text leading investigators in the field discuss current management and critical investigative issues.\" Steven T. Rosen, M.D. Series Editor, Part I. Basics. History of adjuvant therapy / Pinuccia Valagussa ; Prognostic and predictive factors / Laura Biganzoli ; New perspectives for therapy choice / Anne-Catherine Andres ; Pathology role in adjuvant setting / Angelika Reiner-Concin ; Guidelines, consensus conferences and overviews (meta-analysis) / Kathleen I. Pritchard ; Statistical issues and challenges / Meredith M. Regan -- Part II. Treatments. Multidisciplinary care: optimising team performance / Frances M. Boyle ; Preoperative chemo-and endocrine therapy / Rosalba Torrisi ; Adjuvant chemotherapy / M. Tubiana-Hulin and M. Gardner ; Postoperative endocrine therapy for invasive breast cancer / Leisha A. Emens and Nancy E. Davidson ; Adjuvant therapy of breast cancer: bisphosphonates / Tiina Saarto -- Part III. New wind in the adjuvant setting. Trastuzumab / Edith A. Perez, Frances M .Palmieri, and Shelly M .Brock ; Lapatinib: new direction in HER2 directed therapy for early stage breast cancer / A. Jo Chien and Hope S. Rugo -- Part IV. Special issues. Supportive care during adjuvant treatment / Annabel Pollard ; Dose in (adjuvant) chemotherapy of breast cancer / Ulrike Nitz ; Timing of adjuvant therapy / O. Pagani ; Sequencing of systemic treatment and radiotherapy / Pia Ursula