Brachial Plexopathy in Patients with Breast Cancer
Brachial Plexopathy in Patients with Breast Cancer Nathan I. Cherny Pauline T. Truong The brachial plexus is a somatic nerve plexus formed by intercommunications among the ventral rami of the…
Leptomeningeal Metastasis
Leptomeningeal Metastasis Eli L. Diamond Lisa M. DeAngelis Leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) occurs when tumor spreads to the subarachnoid space and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that surround the brain and spinal cord….
Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression
Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression Soma Sengupta Michael W. Groff Nils D. Arvold Patrick Y. Wen INTRODUCTION Epidural spinal cord compression (ESCC), resulting from tumor growth in the spinal epidural…
Brain Metastases
Brain Metastases Nancy U. Lin Brian M. Alexander Ian F. Dunn The management of patients with brain metastases from breast cancer remains a challenging clinical problem. The goals of treatment…
Newer Targeted Therapy
Newer Targeted Therapy Ingrid A. Mayer Carlos L. Arteaga Advances in tumor genetics and drug development over the last decade have led to the generation of a wealth of anti-cancer…
Management Summary for the Care of Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Management Summary for the Care of Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer Marc E. Lippman Very unfortunately, metastatic breast cancer remains largely incurable. Therefore, the primary goals of therapy are the…
Palliative Care in Breast Cancer
Palliative Care in Breast Cancer M. Jennifer Cheng Thomas J. Smith INTRODUCTION Breast cancer is still the most common cancer in women and nearly half of those diagnosed will die…
Treatment of HER2-overexpressing Metastatic Breast Cancer
Treatment of HER2-overexpressing Metastatic Breast Cancer Shruti Sheth Sumanta Kumar Pal Mark D. Pegram INTRODUCTION In 2013, it is estimated that 232,340 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed…
Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy
Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy Sing-Huang Tan Antonio C. Wolff INTRODUCTION In 2013, the United States had an estimated 232,340 new cases of breast cancer and 39,620 breast cancer-related…
Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer: Endocrine
Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer: Endocrine Stephen R.D. Johnston Gaia Schiavon INTRODUCTION The optimal management of patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) remains a challenge. Systemic drug treatments such as…
