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Breast Cancer

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NEWS:

Anastrozole Better Than Tamoxifen for Breast Cancer

Breast cancer survivors benefit from exercise

Breast Conserving Surgery Effective For Women Under 35

Exercise Boosts Recovery From Breast Cancer

Exercise May Beat Breast Cancer in the Long Run

New Treatment Significantly Improves Long-Term Outlook for Breast Cancer Survivors

Older women who take adjuvant treatment after lumpectomy may not need radiotherapy

Researchers: New Breast Cancer Drug Better Than Tamoxifen

Some Older Women May Not Need Breast Cancer Radiation

Study Cites Women Most Likely To Prevent Breast Cancer With Tamoxifen

Study Touts Less-Severe Cancer Surgery

Surgery in early stage breast cancer should be followed by radiotherapy

Tamoxifen's Side Effects Scare Away Some

The Case of Tamoxifen v. Breast Cancer

US study shows wide variation in approach to ductal carcinoma in situ

ARTICLES:

Breast Cancer Treatment Guidelines for Patients

Following Treatment Guidelines Improves Early Breast Cancer Survival

NGC-Breast cancer treatment.

NGC-Use of bisphosphonates in women with breast cancer.

Radiation Therapy after Lumpectomy May Save Lives

Results of the ATAC (Arimidex, Tamoxifen, Alone or in Combination) trial after completion of 5 years' adjuvant treatment for breast cancer

Treatment of locally advanced breast cancer

Treatment of locally advanced breast cancer

Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR): Questions and Answers

Surgery Choices for Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Adjuvant chemotherapy for primary breast cancer. (Curr Oncol Rep. 2005)

Adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly patients with breast cancer: a survey of the Breast International Group (BIG). (Ann Oncol)

Adjuvant radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery in elderly women with early-stage breast cancer: controversy or consensus? (Clin Breast Cancer)

[Adjuvant treatment of breast cancer in 2004. A review of the 8th consensus conference of St. Gallen and new study results] (Gynakol Geburtshilfliche Rundsch)

Advances in radiation treatments of breast cancer. (Clin Breast Cancer)

Anastrozole ('Arimidex') versus Tamoxifen as First-line Therapy in Postmenopausal Women with Advanced Breast Cancer: Results of the Double-blind Cross-over SAKK trial 21/95 - a sub-study of the TARGET (Tamoxifen or 'Arimidex' Randomized Group Efficacy and Tolerability) Trial. (Breast Cancer Res Treat)

Antitumour antibiotic containing regimens for metastatic breast cancer. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev)

Are all aromatase inhibitors the same? A review of the current evidence. (Breast)

Aromatase inhibitors in breast cancer. (Endocr Relat Cancer)

Aromatase inhibitors: current indications and future prospects for treatment of postmenopausal breast cancer. (J Am Geriatr Soc)

Aromatase inhibitors: new endocrine treatment of breast cancer. (Semin Reprod Med)

Association of breast cancer and its therapy with menopause-related symptoms. (Menopause)

Bisphosphonate use for the management of breast cancer patients with bone metastases: A survey of Canadian Medical Oncologists. (Support Care Cancer)

Breast cancer: improving outcome following adjuvant radiotherapy. (Br J Radiol)

Breast-Conserving Surgery With or Without Radiotherapy: Pooled-Analysis for Risks of Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrence and Mortality (Journal of the National Cancer Institute)

Breast-conserving therapy in young women with invasive carcinoma of the breast. (Australas Radiol)

[Breast-conserving therapy of breast cancer] (Cancer Radiother)

Breast-conserving therapy (BCT) for early-stage breast cancer. (J Surg Oncol)

Central nervous system metastases in patients with high-risk breast carcinoma after multimodality treatment (Cancer)

Chemotherapy is more effective in patients with breast cancer not expressing steroid hormone receptors: a study of preoperative treatment. (Clin Cancer Res)

Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast cancer: 15. Treatment for women with stage III or locally advanced breast cancer. (CMAJ)

Complementary and alternative medicine use by women after completion of allopathic treatment for breast cancer. (Altern Ther Health Med)

Conservative Management of Breast Cancer in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers. (Clin Breast Cancer)

Conservative treatment in noninvasive breast cancer. (Tumori )

[Controversies in breast conservation treatment for breast cancer] (Gan To Kagaku Ryoho)

[Controversies in endocrine therapy for breast cancer] (Gan To Kagaku Ryoho)

Course of fatigue in women receiving chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy for early stage breast cancer. (J Pain Symptom Manage)

Decision-making about tamoxifen in women at high risk for breast cancer: clinical and psychological factors. (J Clin Oncol)

Docetaxel and Paclitaxel in the treatment of breast cancer: a review of clinical experience. (Oncologist)

[Ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast. Analysis of 882 cases] (Presse Med)

Effect of delay in initiating radiotherapy for patients with early stage breast cancer. (Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol))

Effect of tamoxifen on breast tissue density in premenopausal breast cancer. (Breast J)

Effect of vitamin B12, folate, and dietary supplements on breast carcinoma chemotherapy--induced mucositis and neutropenia. (Cancer)

Endocrine therapy and other targeted therapies for metastatic breast cancer. (Expert Rev Anticancer Ther)

Endocrine therapy for early breast cancer. (Expert Rev Anticancer Ther)

Estrogen and combined estrogen-progestogen therapy in the menopause and breast cancer. (Breast)

Evidence-based use of neoadjuvant taxane in operable and inoperable breast cancer. (Clin Cancer Res)

Examination of breast conserving therapy in lobular carcinoma. (Breast Cancer)

Exercise manages fatigue during breast cancer treatment: A randomized controlled trial. (Psychooncology)

Fatigue, weight gain, lethargy and amenorrhea in breast cancer patients on chemotherapy: is subclinical hypothyroidism the culprit? (Breast Cancer Res Treat)

Fifteen-year results of breast-conserving surgery and definitive irradiation for Stage I and II breast carcinoma: the University of Pennsylvania experience. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys)

Follow-up care of patients treated for breast cancer: a structured review. (Cancer Treat Rev)

Hormonal therapy in early and advanced breast cancer. (Breast J)

How do we manage breast cancer in the elderly patients? A survey among members of the British Association of Surgical Oncologists (BASO). (Crit Rev Oncol Hematol)

Impact of radiation therapy on acute toxicity in breast conservation therapy for early breast cancer. (Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol))

Inadequate treatment of symptomatic breast cancer. (Br J Surg)

Increased use of adjuvant regional radiotherapy for node-positive breast cancer in British Columbia. (Breast J)

Laser Therapy of Breast Cancer with 3-Year Follow-up. (Breast J)

Leukemia incidence following primary breast carcinoma treatment. (Cancer)

Local recurrence in breast cancer after conservative surgery: timing of radiotherapy and sequencing of chemotherapy. (Anticancer Res)

Long-term follow-up for locally advanced and inflammatory breast cancer patients treated with multimodality therapy. (J Clin Oncol)

Long-term results of combined-modality therapy for inflammatory breast carcinoma. (Clin Breast Cancer)

Management of patients with locally advanced breast cancer. (Curr Oncol Rep)

Management of t1a breast cancer. (Clin Breast Cancer)

Managing early breast cancer: prognostic features guide choice of therapy. (Postgrad Med)

MRI for surgical planning in patients with breast cancer who undergo preoperative chemotherapy. (AJR Am J Roentgenol)

(n-3) fatty acids and cancer therapy. (J Nutr)

[Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer: an overview] (Bull Cancer)

Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy in primary breast cancer. (Clin Breast Cancer)

Neurotoxicity of taxanes: symptoms and quality of life assessment. (Breast Cancer)

Platinum containing regimens for metastatic breast cancer. (Cochrane Database Syst Rev)

Postmenopausal testosterone therapy and breast cancer risk. (Maturitas)

Preclinical pharmacology of the taxanes: implications of the differences. (Oncologist )

Prevalence and course of fatigue in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy (Annals of Oncology)

Recent advances in the management of primary breast cancers. (J Formos Med Assoc)

Recognition and management of hereditary breast cancer syndromes. (Oncologist)

Results of a survey regarding irradiation of internal mammary chain in patients with breast cancer: Practice is culture driven rather than evidence based. (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys)

Same gain, less pain: potential patient preferences for adjuvant treatment in premenopausal women with early breast cancer. (Eur J Cancer)

Skin toxicity during breast irradiation: pathophysiology and management. (South Med J)

Stage and treatment variation with age in postmenopausal women with breast cancer: compliance with guidelines. (Br J Cancer)

Surgery Choices for Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Survival after treatment for breast cancer in a geographically defined population. (Br J Surg)

The cognitive sequelae of standard-dose adjuvant chemotherapy in women with breast carcinoma. (Cancer)

The curability of breast cancer and the treatment of advanced disease. (Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging)

The effects of tamoxifen on the female genital tract. (Cancer Treat Rev)

The role of bisphosphonates in breast and prostate cancers. (Endocr Relat Cancer)

The role of bisphosphonates in breast cancer. (Breast)

Tamoxifen with or without breast irradiation in women 50 years of age or older with early breast cancer. (N Engl J Med)

Treatment options for early breast cancer in elderly women. (Expert Rev Anticancer Ther)

Trends in the Treatment of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast (Journal of the National Cancer Institute)

Why does specialist treatment of breast cancer improve survival? The role of surgical management. (Br J Cancer)

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