Breast cancer is hormonally mediated and oestrogens are the prime agents in tumour expression. This was the main conclusion of the meeting in June, 1980, of the Multidisciplinary Project on Breast Cancer of the International Union Against Cancer (Miller and Bulbrook, 1980). The present report conce
UICC multidisciplinary project on breast cancer. Management of early and advanced breast cancer
β Scribed by J. L. Hayward; R. D. Rubens
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 540 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
The 4th workshop of the UICC project on screening for cancer was held in Helsinki, Finland on April 7-9, 1986. In developed countries there are more data available from controlled trials on the effectiveness of screening for breast cancer than for any other cancer. Nevertheless, full information is
The management of patients with primary operable or potentially curable breast cancer continues to be controversial. Modified radical mastectomy is still considered the standard approach for patients with this problem, but certain carefully selected patients with smaller tumors are being treated in
## Abstract Prior to the introduction of tamoxifen, diethylstilbestrol (DES) was widely used as the firstβline endocrine therapy in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer. Since randomized trials reported that tamoxifen has a similar response rate but fewer side effects than DES, its use