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Breast Cancer: Treatment Options Last Revision Date: Sunday, 21-Mar-1999 15:15:32 EST Copyright © 1994-1999, The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania General Information About Cancer Medical Supportive Care for the Cancer Patient - Medical issues related to the treatment of cancer, such as pain management. RPR: Breast Cancer Slide Library- Thirty-nine informative slides about Breast Cancer from the Rhône-Poulenc Rorer Oncology Network Bone Marrow Transplants Chemotherapy and Radiation Clinical Trials Drugs: Taxol and Tamoxifen Mastectomy and Reconstruction Treatment News OncoLink: UPCC Protocol Finder - Click the button below to display a list of all open clinical trials at the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center that deal with breast cancer. OncoLink Article: Reduction of Breast or Ovarian Cancer Risk by Prophylactic Surgery in BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutation Carriers - Timothy R. Rebbeck, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses this controversal procedure. OncoLink Book Review: "Be a Survivor: Your Guide to Breast Cancer Treatment" - John Han-Chih Chang, MD reviews this book by a physician whose wife, also a doctor, was diagnosed with breast cancer. OncoLink: "Ductal Carcinoma in situ of the Breast: a Guide for Patients" - An online version of the pamphlet by Margaret M. Barnes, MD. Also called intraductal carcinoma, this disease is one of the most highly curable of the breast cancers. OncoLink FAQ: Ductal Carcinoma In-situ of the Breast - This is a response to a question about Ductal Carcinoma In-situ of the breast. OncoLink FAQ: Effects of Idoxifene OncoLink FAQ: Herceptin OncoLink FAQ: Sentinel Node Labeling - A reader has questions about the usefulness of sentinel node labeling. OncoLink FAQ: Survival Rates for Grade III Breast Cancer OncoLink Journal Scan: Combination chemotherapy versus single-agent therapy as first and second-line treatments in metastatic breast cancer: A prospective randomized trial - Journal of Clinical Oncology Vol. 16, No. 12, p. 3720 1998 OncoLink Journal Scan: Effect of Nancy Reagan Us Mastectomy on Choice of Surgery for Breast Cancer by US Women - Journal of the American Medical Association 1998; Volume 279: pages 762 - 766 OncoLink Journal Scan: "Effect of Preoperative Chemotherapy on Local-Regional Disease in Women With Operable Breast Cancer - Findings From National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-18" - This article details the preliminary data from the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project trial B-18. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of neoadjuvant or (preoperative) chemotherapy in affording breast cancer patients a recurrence prevention benefit and/or an overall survival advantage. OncoLink Journal Scan: Efficacy of Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy in Women with a Family History of Breast Cancer - The New England Journal of Medicine, January 14, 1999, Volume 340, Number 2 OncoLink Journal Scan: Lobular carcinoma in situ as a component of breast cancer: The long-term outcome in-patients treated with breast-conservation therapy - International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics. 15 January 1998, Volume 40 number 2, pg. 353 OncoLink Journal Scan: Lumpectomy and Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Intraductal Breast Cancer: Findings from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project B-17 - Journal of Clinical Oncology 1998; volume 16 (number 2): pages 441 - 452 OncoLink Journal Scan: Outcome after Invasive Local Recurrence in Patients with Ductal Carcinoma in Situ of the Breast - Journal of Clinical Oncology, Volume 16 (Number 4): pages 1367-1373. OncoLink Journal Scan: Radiotherapy in Pre-Menopausal Women with Breast Cancer - Two recent articles in the New England Journal of Medicine discuss the use of radiation therapy in addition to surgery and chemotherapy in the treatment of breast cancer. OncoLink Journal Scan: Reduction in New Metastases in Breast Cancer with Adjuvant Clodronate Treatment - New England Journal of Medicine, 339 (6):357 OncoLink Journal Scan: The Sentinel Node in Breast Cancer -- A Multicenter Validation Study - The New England Journal of Medicine -- October 1, 1998 -- Volume 339, Number 14 OncoLink Nurse Notes: "Reconstruction After Breast Surgery - Personal Choice or Federal Case?" - OncoLink Managing Editor Maggie Hampshire, RN, BSN, OCN, speaks with Don LaRossa, MD, Professor of Surgery in the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. OncoLinkTV: The Seventh Annual "Life After Breast Cancer" Symposium, for Breast Cancer Survivors and their Loved Ones - Third and final segment from the Seventh Annual "Life After Breast Cancer" Symposium held at the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center on April 24, 1998. External Links WCN News: Dose-dense paclitaxel active and well tolerated in metastatic breast cancer Department of Defense Breast Cancer Decision Guide for Military and Civilian Families- a website developed by the U.S. Department of Defense Breast Cancer Prevention, Education and Diagnosis Program Initiative for individuals diagnosed with breast cancer and their family members. The site features a series of interactive consultations for tailored information that is specific to the user's breast cancer diagnosis and personal situation. It also includes a browsing section for general information on a variety of topics.

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