Advances in breast cancer clinical research / 中国癌症杂志

ABSTRACT

New theory, technology and drugs have stinulated clinical research of breast cancer. The typical method for early detection of breast cancer consisted of self examination, clinical breast examination by a health professional and mammography, both fiberoptic ductoscopy and ductal lavage cytology could be effective supplements. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is a potential means of avoiding axillary dissection in women with clinically negative axillary patients without influencing the survival. New drugs and regimes had improved complete response in neoadjuvant setting so as to further treatment. Breast conserving therapy with local excision and radiation is well established as an option in the treatment of localized breast cancer, but social and economic factors of the patients should be considered aside from pathological and clinical factors. It is evident that emphasis on early detection, systemic treatment as well as more limited surgery are the trend of breast cancer treatment today.