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Regional Breast Cancer Treatment

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Regional Cancer Therapy

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Advances in technology and the increase in screening for breast cancer that identifies tumors at earlier stages have made it possible to destroy tumors in situ without surgery. This can also be used to treat locally advanced tumors. These locoregional ablative techniques include minimally invasive surgical as well as noninvasive ablative modalities, new radiation technologies, and regional chemotherapy. New developments in imaging modalities such as MR make these treatment opportunities more precise and reliable. The regional minimally invasive technologies provide treatment options that are physiologically, cosmetically, and psychologically more acceptable to the patient. Many of these need further investigation before they become an accepted sound practice. This paper reviews and discusses the up-to-date data and feasibility of technologies for locoregional treatment of breast cancer

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  1. Department of Surgery and Surgical Oncology and the Breast Service, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

    Moshe Z. Papa MD

  2. Cancer and Radiation Epidemiology Unit, Gertner Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

    Siegal Sadetzki MD, MPH

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  1. Robert-Rössle-Hospital and Tumor Institute, Charité University of Medicine, Berlin

    Peter M. Schlag MD (Professor and Head of Surgical Oncology) (Professor and Head of Surgical Oncology)

  2. Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

    Peter M. Schlag MD (Professor and Head of Surgical Oncology) & Ulrike Stein PhD (Assistant Professor) (Professor and Head of Surgical Oncology) &  (Assistant Professor)

  3. Tumor Metastasis and Therapy Response Program, Robert-Rössle-Hospital and Tumor Institute, Charité University of Medicine, Berlin

    Ulrike Stein PhD (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

  4. Erasmus University MC—Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Alexander M. M. Eggermont MD, PhD (Professor and Head of Surgical Oncology) (Professor and Head of Surgical Oncology)

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Papa, M.Z., Sadetzki, S. (2007). Regional Breast Cancer Treatment. In: Schlag, P.M., Stein, U., Eggermont, A.M.M. (eds) Regional Cancer Therapy. Cancer Drug Discovery and Development. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-225-0_18

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