Fourquet will become the first radio-oncologist to chair Europe’s major breast cancer conference, EBCC 7, in March. Here he argues that radio-oncologists need to be involved in the design stage of trials. Download full article
When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, and a technique exists that could identify additional lesions in the same or the opposite breast, what possible reason could there be for not using it? Download [more]
A prospective, randomised trial has shown that standard adjuvant chemotherapy is superior to capecitabine in the treatment of women with breast cancer aged 65 years or older; on the basis of the results of this [more]
Deciding to start a family is the most momentous decision many people will ever take. For someone living with a cancer diagnosis, new life can seem particularly important, but it also carries particular risks. Download [more]
Many breast cancer therapies affect a woman’s chances of having a child in the future. A growing body of literature is beginning to throw some light on the impact of different treatment options. How can [more]
The association of a treatment-related adverse effect with treatment success has been reported in various clinical situations. The development of vasomotor or joint symptoms is an indication of therapeutic benefit in women receiving endocrine treatment [more]
Being diagnosed with a woman’s cancer can pose all sorts of problems for a man. Should breast cancer advocacy groups be more welcoming? Do men need their own groups, or don’t they do that sort [more]
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Emiel Rutgers was ‘tailoring’ his therapies long before the term was popularised. He pioneered breast conservation and neo-adjuvant chemotherapy in the Netherlands against opposition, but was also an advocate, just as controversially, of complete mastectomy [more]
New oncoplastic techniques are revolutionising the surgical management of breast cancer in much the same way that breast conserving surgery did in the 1970s. These technically demanding procedures are used as alternatives to mastectomy in [more]
If caught early, only the most aggressive breast cancers require any treatment beyond surgery, says László Tabár. He wants governments to provide effective population screening from the age of 40, and he would like medical [more]
A variety of factors are now known to contribute to raising women’s risk of developing breast cancer. Ensuring key messages on breast health become as familiar as themessage Smoking is bad for your health’may [more]