[The differences of standard therapy for breast cancer between Europe/America and Japan--chemotherapy, operation,and radiotherapy].
As increased incidence of breast cancer, the concept of standard therapy based on the evidence based medicine (EBM) has been widely applied to breast cancer treatment in Japan. Since the major parts of evidences are common in Western countries and Japan,general treatment strategy for standard care seems to be identical in both countries. However, there are still some differences due to the limited usages of anti-cancer drugs and supporting drugs. We would discuss about these issues in this paper.
Kitagawa
Dai
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Dept. of Breast Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Saji
Shigehira
S
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005060:Europe; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008408:Mastectomy; D011788:Quality of Life; D014481:United States