A debate on locoregional treatment of the primary tumor in patients presenting with stage IV breast cancer

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1913-1922

  Nguyen, David H ^a   Truong, Pauline T ^b  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

breast cancer; local therapy; locoregional treatment; metastasis; outcome; radiotherapy; stage IV disease; surgery; survival

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUOROURACIL;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DISTANT METASTASIS; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 82355164093     PISSN: 14737140     EISSN: 17448328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/era.11.168     Document Type: Review

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