Breast Cancer Screening
Early Use of Mammography for Cancer Detection and Benefits of Screening Mammography Screening mammography is the practice of using radiologic imaging to evaluate breast tissue in otherwise asymptomatic patients in…
ONCOLOGY
Outcomes and Quality Indicators
Introduction Given the complexity of the care of patients with breast cancer, outcomes assessment and improvement in the quality of care delivered have become essential. Quality of cancer care may…
Oncology Nurse Navigation in the Care of Breast Cancer
Introduction A breast cancer diagnosis can be highly stressful and traumatic, not only for the patient but also for their family and support systems. The experience of moving through the…
Multidisciplinary Team Approach to the Management of Breast Cancer
Implementation of a Multidisciplinary Care Program When setting up a multidisciplinary treatment program ( Fig. 2.1 ), several areas must be evaluated, which include selecting the needed personnel, their proximity…
Breast Cancer in the Community
Introduction The treatment of breast cancer has changed dramatically over the last generation. Treatment has gone from surgery only to complex interactions with surgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, and others….
The effect of COVID-19 on cancer immunotherapy and cancer care
Summary of key facts • SARS-CoV-2 was initially detected in December 2019 and is an enveloped, single-stranded RNA virus causing an extremely contagious severe respiratory illness with a high rate…
The clinical application of immuno-therapeutics
Summary of key facts • Immuno-oncology (IO) is one of the fastest-growing therapeutic areas within oncology. • IO agents work indirectly via the host’s adaptive and innate immune systems to…
The major clinical components of cancer immunotherapy (modulating cell-mediated immune mechanisms)
Summary of key facts • Immune checkpoints are molecular pathways that blunt the antitumor immune response via limiting the creation of cytotoxic T cells and triggering exhaustion of tumor-reactive immune…
The microbiome and cancer immunotherapy
Summary of key facts • The human microbiota is composed of bacteria, viruses, fungi, yeast, protozoa, and archaea. Because of its commensal relationship with the host, it is identified as…
Vaccines and active immunization against cancer
Summary of key facts • Cancer vaccines represent a promising strategy to activate immunity in cold tumors. • The complexity and heterogeneity of human tumors remains a challenge to developing…
