Adjuvant drug therapies for breast cancer

Most breast cancers are hormone receptor positive and exhibit a slow growth pattern. Based on biological properties, breast cancers are divided into four different biological subtypes. Furthermore, these subtypes are indicative of the risk of recurrence, which is also influenced by the size of the tumor and extension to lymph nodes. Postoperative adjuvant drug therapy is chosen on the basis of the biological type. Chemotherapy can be used in all subtypes. Hormonal therapies are used exclusively for the treatment of hormone receptor positive breast cancer. Trastuzumab antibody belongs to the treatment of the HER2 positive subtype.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:131

Enthalten in:

Duodecim; laaketieteellinen aikakauskirja - 131(2015), 1 vom: 05., Seite 23-8

Sprache:

Finnisch

Weiterer Titel:

Rintasyövän liitännäislääkehoidot

Beteiligte Personen:

Huovinen, Riikka [VerfasserIn]
Auvinen, Päivi [VerfasserIn]
Mattson, Johanna [VerfasserIn]
Joensuu, Heikki [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Antineoplastic Agents
English Abstract
Journal Article
P188ANX8CK
Review
Trastuzumab

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.09.2015

Date Revised 19.11.2015

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM251558975