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Additional
Resources:
Overviews
Surgery (see
also Overviews and Treatment
Options by Stage)
Radiation Therapy (see
also Overviews and Treatment
Options by Stage)
- Breast
Cancer: Radiation Therapy
American
Cancer Society |
www.cancer.org
- Radiation
Therapy Principles
American
Cancer Society |
www.cancer.org
- Radiation
MayoClinic.com | www.mayoclinic.com
- Radiation
Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers
National
Cancer Institute | www.cancer.gov
Medical
News Summaries
Surgeon factors affect receipt of radiotherapy for breast cancer (Jan. 29, 2008 / www.oncolink.com)
Smoking ups risk with radiation for breast cancer (Jan. 22, 2008 / www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus)
Safer, more accurate radiation therapy for expecting mothers (Dec. 27, 2007 / www.mabcie.com)
Normal
tissue not spared in new forms of breast cancer
radiotherapy (Nov.
20, 2007 / www.mabcie.com)
Extra radiation dose prevents breast cancer return in young women (Oct.
30, 2007 / www.docguide.com)
Breast
cancer radiation won't hurt immune health (Oct.
12, 2007 / www.4woman.org/news)
Extra radiation dose helps local control of breast cancer (Aug.
14, 2007 / www.oncolink.com)
Shorter
radiation course feasible in breast cancer (Jun.
20, 2007 / www.oncolink.com)
1-step breast cancer treatment combines radiation, surgery (Jun.
29, 2007 / www.mabcie.com)
Chemotherapy (see
also Overviews and Treatment
Options by Stage)
High-dose chemo doesn't improve survival in metastatic breast cancer (Jan. 23, 2008 / www.oncolink.com)
Docetaxel treatment after doxorubicin cuts breast cancer recurrence (Jan. 8, 2008 / www.oncolink.com)
Anthracyclines improve survival in HER2-positive breast cancer patients (Jan. 4, 2008 / www.mabcie.com)
Benefit of anthracyclines in early breast cancer limited to HER-positive tumors (Jan. 3, 2008 / www.oncolink.com)
Circulating tumor cells an early indicator of response to breast cancer treatment (Dec. 18, 2007 / www.oncolink.com)
HER-2
status predicts success of chemotherapy in breast
cancer treatment (Oct.
15, 2007 / www.mabcie.com)
PET
scans can accurately detect a breast tumor’s
response to chemotherapy (Sep.
26, 2007 / www.mabcie.com)
Molecular
fingerprint of breast-cancer drug resistance
can predict response to treatment (Sep.
25, 2007 / www.mabcie.com)
Preoperative chemotherapy is a safe option for women with early stage operable breast cancer (Apr.
19, 2007 / www.mabcie.com)
Charting
the course for preoperative
breast cancer therapy (Apr.
3, 2007 / www.cancer.gov/ncicancerbulletin)
Hormone Therapy (see
also Overviews and Treatment
Options by Stage)
Biological Therapy (see
also Overviews and Treatment
Options by Stage)
Treatment
Options by Stage (see
also Overviews)
Emerging
Treatments
Clinical Trials
Clinical Trial Registries
Updated: February 21,
2008. |
