Breast cancer management updates: Young and older, pregnant, or male Journal Article
| Authors: | Dietz, J. R.; Partridge, A. H.; Gemignani, M. L.; Javid, S. H.; Kuerer, H. M. |
| Article Title: | Breast cancer management updates: Young and older, pregnant, or male |
| Abstract: | Every year, more and more patients fall into rare or extreme categories of breast cancer—young, elderly, pregnant, or male. Contributing factors may be improved risk assessment and screening techniques (especially of dense breast tissue), delayed childbearing, and the aging population. These patients can challenge usual medical decision making because of their unique situation. There might be a concern for the fetus, worry about future fertility, a question of local control in a man, or concern for overdiagnosis or overtreatment in an older patient. Because these populations are seldom included in the large breast cancer trials from which standard treatment recommendations are made, an update on management for young, elderly, pregnant, and male breast cancer patients may be helpful. © 2015, Society of Surgical Oncology. |
| Keywords: | cancer surgery; cancer adjuvant therapy; cancer patient; cancer radiotherapy; medical decision making; breast cancer; mastectomy; cancer screening; cancer therapy; age; mammography; pregnancy; gender; fertility; life expectancy; geriatric patient; geriatric assessment; male breast cancer; randomized controlled trial (topic); systematic review (topic); geriatric disorder; lymph vessel metastasis; human; article; patient worry |
| Journal Title: | Annals of Surgical Oncology |
| Volume: | 22 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| ISSN: | 1068-9265 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Date Published: | 2015-10-01 |
| Start Page: | 3219 |
| End Page: | 3224 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1245/s10434-015-4755-1 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 26265366 |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 2 October 2015 -- Source: Scopus |
