Palliative approaches to the patient with breast cancer

Christine M Bartus; Jonathan S Schreiber; Scott H Kurtzman

doi:10.1016/j.soc.2004.03.005

Palliative approaches to the patient with breast cancer

Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2004 Jul;13(3):517-30, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2004.03.005.

Authors

Christine M Bartus¹, Jonathan S Schreiber, Scott H Kurtzman

Affiliation

¹ University of Connecticut School of Medicine, MC 3955, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.

PMID: 15236733
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2004.03.005

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.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Review

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms / mortality*
Breast Neoplasms / pathology
Breast Neoplasms / therapy*
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
Female
Humans
Mastectomy / methods
Neoplasm Invasiveness / pathology*
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / mortality
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / therapy*
Palliative Care / methods*
Photochemotherapy / methods
Quality of Life
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Risk Assessment
Survival Analysis
Terminally Ill
Treatment Outcome