Advances in Therapy for Advanced Breast Cancer.
Breast cancer is a major public health problem in the US, with 46,000 women dying annually from the disease. However, innovative therapies are rapidly attempting to change the natural history of advanced disease. These therapies include such new drugs as taxanes and innovative modalities like gene therapy, immunotherapy, therapy with monoclonal antibodies, and higher doses of established agents in high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell support. Clinical trials are currently exploring all of these modalities.
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Division of Medical Oncology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, N.Y.