title: Breast cancer. Part 2: present and future treatment modalities.
abstract: This is the second article in a series of three on breast cancer. Part 1 discussed breast anatomy, the principles behind breast awareness and breast health, detailing common benign breast diseases, types of breast cancer and staging. In this article, treatment for breast cancer is discussed. The article will follow the usual order of modalities in the trajectory, starting with surgery, then chemotherapy, radiotherapy and endocrine treatment, finishing with a discussion of future and biological treatments.
authors.affiliation: Breast Care Unit, St Mary's Hospital Campus, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Harmer
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001691:Biological Therapy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods; D016462:Mammaplasty; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents