Quest for the Cure: Reflections on the Evolution of Breast Cancer Treatment

This original fourteen chapter book is a brief, slightly autobiographic tale of medical oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, and breast cancer patients in a well-established cancer center in Texas, who pursued the goal of cure for breast cancer. The evolution of improved outcomes in the treatment of microscopic metastatic breast cancer is also the story of the development of adjuvant chemotherapy for post-operative breast disease. The adjuvant therapy of breast cancer came about with the realization that this malignancy, when diagnosed in most patients, had spread beyond the confines of the primary cancer. Patient histories in the form of Case Studies are used to illustrate certain issues. Devoted to the development of the chemotherapeutic regimens that currently are used to treat patients with advanced breast cancer. INDICE: TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Foreword - by Joni Rodgers Preface Chapter 1 - Anatomy of an Oncologist Case Study - Janet - Highly Sensitive Measurable Metastatic Breast Cancer Case Study - Susan - Importance of Axillary Node Involvement Chapter 2 - Milestones along the Road to the Cure Case Study - Sara - Liver Metastases Chapter 3 - The Evolving Goal of Cure and Inflammatory Breast Cancer Case Study - Martha - The Texas Challenge Chapter 4 - Adjuvant Therapy Advances Case Study - Joy - Stage IV NED as a Testing Ground for Adjuvant Therapy Case Study - Carol - Metastasis to Cervical Vertebra Case Study - Amy - Academia vs. Efficacy Chapter 5 - Marching Forward Case Study - Beatta - Second Guessing the System Case Study - Lisa - The Patient of the Future Conclusion - Where Do We Stand in the Quest for the Cure? APPENDICES Milestones in Adjuvant Therapy Breast Cancer Stages Abbreviation Glossary

• ISBN: 978-0-12-420153-8
• Editorial: Academic Press
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 108
• Fecha Publicación: 21/10/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés