title: Current management of breast cancer.
abstract: The last decade has seen many changes in the management of breast cancer, both in surgical treatment and in systemic therapy, which can reduce the mortality rate by 25%. At the same time attention has turned to improving not only length of survival but also quality of life. These changes plus new developments in breast cancer treatment are reviewed here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Academic Surgery, Royal Marsden Hospital, London.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Saunders
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D013997:Time Factors