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Breast Cancer
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- The appropriate selection of medical therapeutic interventions in breast cancer patients is a daily challenge for medical oncologists and takes into account disease characteristics such as stage at diagnosis, age and menopausal status, aggressiveness of the disease, and presence or absence of key therapeutic targets such as hormonal receptors and HER2. Knowledge of treatment-related toxicities as well as patient’s comorbidities, preferences, age, and so on is a critical component of an optimal estimation of the benefit versus harm ratio of a specific therapy.This chapter reviews the side effects of the four main medical treatment modalities for breast cancer: chemotherapy, ­endocrine therapy, biologic agents, and bone-modifying therapeutics in terms of frequency, monitoring, and practical management.<br />SCOPUS: ch.b<br />info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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- Database :
- OAIster
- Notes :
- No full-text files, English
- Publication Type :
- Electronic Resource
- Accession number :
- edsoai.ocn908368869
- Document Type :
- Electronic Resource