title: Treatment for locally advanced breast cancer: a global challenge, personalized medicine or both?
abstract: In this special issue of Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care, we are delighted to bring together key, internationally recognized experts in the field of breast cancer care for a special issue on locally advanced breast cancer (LABC). To place this disease in context, we have deliberately tried to keep the chapter headings pertinent to the real world issues facing both patients and their healthcare providers.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Oncology, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Carmel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Demetrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Simos
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clemons
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D057285:Precision Medicine / Q000379:methods*