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2016
This chapter is a review of the current evidence for managing metastatic breast cancer. The treatment of metastatic disease is a complex one when compared to the early setting for which there is clear and high level of evidence. There has been a constant effort to improve survival in metastatic patients, but the incurable nature of the disease, its ...
Fatima Cardoso +3 more
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This chapter is a review of the current evidence for managing metastatic breast cancer. The treatment of metastatic disease is a complex one when compared to the early setting for which there is clear and high level of evidence. There has been a constant effort to improve survival in metastatic patients, but the incurable nature of the disease, its ...
Fatima Cardoso +3 more
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Chemotherapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer
Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America, 2007Cytotoxic chemotherapy is a mainstay of treatment for advanced breast cancer. Treatment of metastatic (also called stage IV, advanced, or recurrent) breast cancer is not considered curative. Rather, the goals of treatment with chemotherapy are to prolong survival, alleviate or prevent tumor-related symptoms or complications, and improve quality of life.
Erica L. Mayer, Harold J. Burstein
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Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer
2015Although prevalence estimates are imprecise, growing numbers of women in the United States are living longer with metastatic breast cancer, attributable at least in part to the availability of effective targeted therapies. Women living with metastatic disease are understudied, however, and substantial heterogeneity exists in both the clinical ...
Patricia A. Ganz, Annette L. Stanton
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Breast cancer metastatic to the mandible
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1982Abstract One per cent of all malignant tumors produce metastatic foci in the jaws, with breast carcinoma being one of the most commonly metastasizing malignant tumors to the jaws in women. Such lesions should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of painful bone lesions, especially if there is a history of breast surgery for carcinoma.
Nicholas Zachariades +1 more
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Chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer
Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2004This review is intended to summarize the most up-to-date information in the field of chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer.During the past year, the literature on chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer has focused on three main areas of interest: the development of new cytotoxic agents with most studies addressing the taxane-pretreated population;
Laura Biganzoli +3 more
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Breast cancer metastatic to the vulva
Gynecologic Oncology, 2004Primary cancer of the vulva is not common, constituting only 3-5% of all gynecologic malignancies and
Shyr Ming Sheen-Chen +2 more
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Metastatic Cancer in the Breast
2019Although metastatic tumor to the breast is rare, with published reports between 0.2% and 3%, the diagnoses must be considered because patients with metastatic disease to the breast do not usually benefit from mastectomy, and delays in diagnosis contribute to the poor prognosis associated with most metastases to the breast from an extramammary location.
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Ovarian cancer metastatic to the breast
Gynecologic Oncology, 1986The breast is an uncommon site for metastasis from epithelial ovarian cancer. Such lesions are purportedly secondary to blood-borne metastases. The accurate classification of ovarian epithelial neoplasms is the cornerstone of decisions regarding therapy and prognosis.
Joseph Buscema +3 more
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The biology of metastatic breast cancer
Cancer, 1990Early detection and surgical removal of breast cancer are most effective in managing a disease that may affect up to one in ten women in North America and Western Europe. However, one of the most important prognostic indicators for breast cancer is the presence of neoplastic cells in the axillary lymph nodes.
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Vulvar cancer metastatic to the breast
Gynecologic Oncology, 2006Vulvar cancer rarely sends metastases to distant sites.A 49-year-old female presented with a vulvar mass. The histologic examination revealed an infiltrating lesion with free surgical margins and no evidence of lymph node involvement. Four months following surgery, due to a bloody breast discharge and a palpable breast lump an excisional biopsy was ...
Eitan Friedman +4 more
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