Surgical and medical management of local-regional treatment failures in advanced primary breast cancer.
The strength in the management of locally advanced breast cancer lies in the team approach to multimodality care. The oncologist must be a careful listener and incorporate the patient's perspective of her goals before arriving at a final decision about a treatment plan for either the initial presentation of the disease or its locoregional relapse. Treatment strategies based on the genetic or biologic features of breast cancer arising within the individual patient are currently being investigated.
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Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA.
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D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care; D017211:Treatment Failure