title: [Locally advanced (neglected) breast cancer: the reality? Relevance of two cases and reflection how to optimise the multidisciplinary approach].
abstract: The standard treatment for breast cancer patients with untreated locally advanced breast cancer is neo-adjuvant chemotherapy or hormonal treatment. In some cases, this treatment is followed by surgery and/or radiotherapy when the multidisciplinary approach is present. In some cases of patients presenting metastatic diseases, the radiotherapy is forgotten or proposed late when the local disease is extremely advanced with symptoms and decreased quality of life. Two cases of extremely advanced non operable T4 stage breast cancer are reported and the importance of multidisciplinary approach is discussed. The place and the right time of radiotherapy in this multidisciplinary strategy is reported.
authors.affiliation: Département d'oncologie radiothérapie, institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, Paris, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Monnier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Even
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Cottu
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Kirova
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018365:Neoplasm, Residual; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012074:Remission Induction