Progress in adjuvant systemic therapy for breast cancer

Progress in adjuvant systemic therapy for breast cancerProgress in adjuvant systemic therapy for breast cancer, Published online: 11 September 2018; doi:10.1038/s41571-018-0089-9Improvements in the management of patients with early stage breast cancer have been achieved through intense therapeutic escalation but also with de-escalation of systemic therapies. The authors of this Review summarize key trials using both approaches and highlight the need to use therapeutic escalation for patients who would benefit from that approach and de-escalation for patients with a favourable prognosis.

Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - September 11, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Noam F. Pond é Dimitrios Zardavas Martine Piccart Source Type: research