title: Breast cancer.
abstract: Numerous important issues in breast cancer were debated this past year. Several examples include: the role of screening mammography in women aged 40-49, the management of carcinoma in situ, adjuvant chemotherapy for postmenopausal node-positive women, adjuvant therapy for node-negative women, the primary management of elderly women with breast cancer, the use of a composite of prognostic factors for better predictive power and measures to improve the therapeutic index of the anthracyclines.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Loprinzi
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy; D008403:Mass Screening; D011379:Prognosis; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen