title: Adjuvant therapy for breast cancer.
abstract: Substantial progress has been made in the diagnosis and management of primary breast cancer over the past three decades. As a result, mortality related to this disease has been decreasing gradually for several years, treatment has become more effective, and side effects and complications related to treatment have decreased. In this report, we review the state of adjuvant therapy for breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Breast Medical Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA. ghortoba@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hortobagyi
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D011379:Prognosis