Current definition of locally advanced breast cancer.

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Immunotherapy for Breast Cancer Treatment

Breast cancer, as a heterogeneous disease, includes a wide range of pathological and clinical behaviors. Current treatment protocols, including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and hormone replacement therapy, are mainly associated with poor response and high rate of recurrence. Therefore, more efforts are needed to develop alternative therapies for this type of cancer. Immunotherapy, as a novel str...

Axillary irradiation in breast cancer; does meticulous contouring make a difference?

Background: Due to the current trends towards replacing axillary dissection with radiotherapy, the need for more precise definition for different nodal stations becomes a must to ensure safe and adequate dose coverage. So, our study aimed to evaluate the coverage of axillary nodal volumes based on Project on Cancer of the Breast (PROCAB) guidelines, for cases previously treated with our standar...

Postmastectomy radiation therapy in locally advanced breast cancer.

Despite wide efforts for early detection of breast cancer using screening mammography, locally advanced breast carcinomas account for a remarkable proportion of all breast carcinomas, particularly in developing countries. Locally advanced breast cancer may have widely different clinical and biological features. Radiotherapy plays an important role in the management of locally advanced breast ca...

بررسی مشخصات دموگرافیک و بالینی بیماران مبتلا به سرطان پستان در ارومیه، روش غربالگری مناسب کدام می تواند باشد؟

Received: 3 March, 2010 Accepted: 19 May, 2010 AbstractBackground &Aims: Breast cancer after skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in women and is not preventable, but early detection through mammography improves treatment options, success, and survival. Breast cancer is the third most common malignant neoplasm in Iran (10% of all cancers). The aim of this study was to determine the age...