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Breast Cancer (PDQ®): Treatment
[ patient ] [ health professional ]
Expert-reviewed information summary about the treatment of breast cancer.
Male Breast Cancer (PDQ®): Treatment
[ patient ] [ health professional ]
Expert-reviewed information summary about the treatment of male breast cancer.
Breast Cancer and Pregnancy (PDQ®)
[ patient ] [ health professional ]
Expert-reviewed information summary about the treatment of breast cancer during pregnancy.
Dose-Dense Chemotherapy Helped Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Weekly administration of the drug Taxol® (paclitaxel) to patients with breast cancer that had spread to other parts of the body resulted in a higher response rate and a longer delay until patients' disease progressed, compared with conventional administration of the drug every three weeks.
Understanding Breast Cancer Treatment: A Guide for Patients
Provides information about breast cancer diagnosis, staging, and treatment, and discusses in detail the various treatment modalities for breast cancer.
Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer
Information and recommendations about treating breast cancer from an NIH Consensus Development Conference held in November 2000.
Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers
A fact sheet that explains types of adjuvant therapies (treatment given in addition to primary therapy). Discusses side effects, risks, and benefits of adjuvant therapy.
Tamoxifen: Questions and Answers
A fact sheet that describes the action, risks, benefits, and side effects of tamoxifen, a drug that interrupts the estrogen hormone connection to breast cancer.
Aromatase Inhibitors
A collection of information about aromatase inhibitors, a hormone therapy used in the treatment of some women with breast cancer.
Herceptin® (Trastuzumab): Questions and Answers
A fact sheet about Herceptin, the monoclonal antibody approved for treatment of metastatic breast cancer. Discusses the risks, benefits, and side effects of therapy.
Early Breast Cancer Patients Benefit from Shortened Chemotherapy
Women with one type of early breast cancer get the same benefit from three months of one chemotherapy as they do from six months of another drug combination.
High-Dose Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
A collection of material about high-dose chemotherapy with bone marrow or stem cell transplant as a treatment for breast cancer.
Hormone Therapy Increases Survival for Some Breast Cancer Patients
A drug commonly used for prostate cancer, buserelin, helped premenopausal women with advanced breast cancer live longer, according to a report in the June 7, 2000, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Inflammatory Breast Cancer
A fact sheet about the diagnosis and treatment of an uncommon type of breast cancer in which cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin of the breast and the breast becomes red, swollen, and warm.
Questions and Answers About NCI's Sentinel Node Biopsy Trials
A fact sheet that describes the sentinel node biopsy procedure and details of two clinical trials evaluating the effectiveness of this procedure.
Paget's Disease of the Breast: Questions and Answers
A fact sheet about symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Paget's disease of the breast.
Angiogenesis Inhibitors in the Treatment of Cancer
A fact sheet that describes the process of eliminating the blood supply to tumors. Lists the cancers in which this approach is being tested.
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
A collection of material about a group of compounds called angiogenesis inhibitors.
Biological Therapies for Cancer: Questions and Answers
A fact sheet that provides an overview of how the immune system functions and describes the actions of available biological therapies.
Biological Therapy
An introduction to biological therapy to help patients prepare to receive it for cancer treatment or managing side effects.
Bone Marrow Transplantation and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation: Questions and Answers
A fact sheet that explains the step-by-step procedures of two types of transplantations used with high-dose chemotherapy, including their risks and benefits.
Radiation Therapy for Cancer: Questions and Answers
A fact sheet that defines the different types of radiation therapy and discusses scientific advances that improve the effectiveness of this treatment.
Targeted Cancer Therapies: Questions and Answers
A fact sheet that describes types of targeted cancer therapies which use drugs to interfere with cancer cell growth and division.
Metastatic Cancer: Questions and Answers
A fact sheet about the diagnosis and treatment of cancer that has spread.
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