title: Palliative approaches to the patient with breast cancer.
abstract: Despite an increasing trend towards early diagnosis of breast cancer,patients still present with locally advanced disease. Also, in some patients chemotherapy will fail, and local and regional recurrence will occur. This article outlines options for palliative care for such patients.
authors.affiliation: University of Connecticut School of Medicine, MC 3955, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
authors.forename: Christine M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bartus
authors.forename: Jonathan S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.forename: Scott H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kurtzman
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000379:methods; D011788:Quality of Life; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016019:Survival Analysis; D019452:Terminally Ill; D016896:Treatment Outcome