title: Treatment of advanced breast cancer with chemotherapy.
abstract: Metastatic breast cancer continues to take thousands of lives each year despite the advances in screening and adjuvant therapy. Chemotherapy in advanced disease is an intervention which can successfully lead to palliation (prolongation of quality survival) in the majority of women who are treated, but it does not constitute a curative intervention. New agents or innovative modalities will be needed to make a significant impact on the survival of this group of women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Eyre
mesh_terms: D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014750:Vincristine / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D014750:Vincristine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D005472:Fluorouracil; D011241:Prednisone; D008727:Methotrexate