Metastatic Breast Cancer

Metastatic Breast Cancer

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Palliative Care Questions to Ask Every Advanced Cancer Patient Tips on making palliative care discussions a routine part of advanced breast cancer treatment.
Medscape Oncology, April 25, 2018

Contemporary Evaluation of Breast Lymph Nodes in Pathology This review highlights evidence from recent practice-changing clinical trials on new approaches to sentinel lymph node biopsy and axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer patients.
American Journal of Clinical Pathology, June 19, 2018
Everolimus-Exemestane Combo Improves Progression-free Survival in Advanced Breast Cancer
Reuters Health Information, June 12, 2018
Implications of BMI With Breast Cancer Tumor Size High BMI may be associated with having a larger tumor at diagnosis of breast cancer and worse prognosis.
Breast Cancer Research, June 4, 2018
Taselisib Hits, but Barely Slows, PI3KCA-Mutated Breast Cancer The investigational targeted therapy is somewhat effective, but has the downside of significant additional toxicity.
Medscape Medical News, June 2, 2018

Palliative Care Questions to Ask Every Advanced Cancer Patient Tips on making palliative care discussions a routine part of advanced breast cancer treatment.
Medscape Oncology, April 25, 2018
ctDNA Shows Wide-Ranging Promise in Breast Cancer From breast cancer screening to detecting minimal residual disease after treatment, circulating tumor DNA testing has many promising applications in breast cancer management.
Medscape Oncology, April 11, 2018

Fast Five Quiz: Key Aspects of Metastatic Breast Cancer Are you familiar with cutaneous manifestations, staging attributes, screening guidelines, and treatment options for metastatic breast cancer? Test yourself with this short quiz.
Medscape, May 9, 2018

Depressed Mentation in a 52-Year-Old Woman A 52-year-old woman presents with a 5-day history of headaches and lethargy. The patient also complains of nausea and blurry vision. What's the diagnosis?
Medscape, January 12, 2018

Renowned leaders offer insight on emerging research affecting the treatment and quality of life of patients with metastatic breast cancer.

Fatima F. Cardoso, MD, Director, Breast Unit, Champalimaud Clinical Centre, Lisbon, Portugal
Coordinator, Breast Cancer Program, European School of Oncology, Milan, Italy
Co-chair, Advanced Breast Cancer International Consensus Guidelines Conference
Ann H. Partridge, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Adult Survivorship Program
Founder and Director, Program for Young Women With Breast Cancer
Vice Chair, Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

Hope S. Rugo, MD, Professor of Medicine
Director, Breast Oncology and Clinical Trials Education
University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California

European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ESMO 2017.

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ASCO 2017.

San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) 2016 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from SABCS 2016.

	Which treatment side effect is the biggest concern for your patients as they prepare to undergo treatment for metastatic breast cancer?
		Depression
		Hair loss
		Nausea/lack of appetite
		Fatigue