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Systemic treatments for women with breast cancer: outcome with relation to screening for the disease

Goldhirsch, A. ; Colleoni, M. ; Domenighetti, G. ; Gelber, R. D.

In: Annals of Oncology, 2003, vol. 14, no. 8, p. 1212-1214

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    Titre
    • Systemic treatments for women with breast cancer: outcome with relation to screening for the disease
    Auteur
    • Goldhirsch, A.. Department of Medicine, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
    • Colleoni, M.. Department of Medicine, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
    • Domenighetti, G.. Cantonal Health Office of Canton Ticino, Bellinzona, Switzerland, and Institute of Health Economics and Management, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Gelber, R. D.. Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Annals of Oncology, 2003, vol. 14, no. 8, p. 1212-1214. Oxford University Press
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:300505
    Summary
    Early detection and proper care of breast cancer are currently the best available approaches to the treatment of patients with the disease. In countries with a breast cancer screening programme, there has been a demonstrated reduction in breast cancer-related mortality. Such reduction has also been observed in Switzerland, a country in which no national programme of screening is available. Although there is no doubt that early diagnosis might have had a major role in reducing breast cancer mortality the magnitude of this effect is unknown. Research with tailored approaches on alternative imaging for early detection of breast cancer in high-risk women and on treatments offered according to proper criteria of responsiveness to therapies is warranted