Breast Cancer Survivorship: Where Are We Today?

Dec 10, 2016 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Breast Cancer Survivorship: Where Are We Today?

© Breast Cancer Research Foundation 2015Patricia A. Ganz (ed.)Improving Outcomes for Breast Cancer SurvivorsAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology86210.1007/978-3-319-16366-6_1 1. Breast Cancer Survivorship: Where Are We Today? Patricia A. Ganz1   and Pamela J. Goodwin2   (1) UCLA Schools of…

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Symptoms: Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Dec 10, 2016 by in ONCOLOGY Comments Off on Symptoms: Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Pharmacologic intervention Neurotoxic agent Reference Duloxetine Taxane or platinum Smith et al. (2013a) Gabapentin Vinca or platinum or taxane Rao et al. (2007) Lamotrigine Vinca or platinum or taxane Rao…

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Symptoms: Aromatase Inhibitor Induced Arthralgias

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Fig. 7.1 Possible management algorithm from Niravath (2013) In large adjuvant trials involving AIs, the incidence of musculoskeletal disorders was reported in 19–35 % of patients on AI’s and 12–29…

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Symptoms: Lymphedema

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Treatment factors Patient factors Disease-related factors Sentinel node biopsy Older age Worse pathologic nodal status Axillary lymph node dissection Obesity and/or high BMI Worse T stage Post-operative axillary radiation History…

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Host Factors and Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence: Genetic, Epigenetic and Biologic Factors and Breast Cancer Outcomes

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Fig. 10.1 Factors affecting breast cancer prognosis. (a) Characteristics of the tumor will affect likelihood of recurrence and metastasis, and will also determine treatments to be given. (b) The effects…

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