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Adjuvant Therapy of Breast Cancer IV

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Hans-Jörg Senn

    1. Department of Medicine C, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen, Switzerland

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  2. Richard D. Gelber

    1. Division of Biostatistics, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA

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  3. Aron Goldhirsch

    1. Ospedale Civico, Lugano, Switzerland

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  4. Beat Thürlimann

    1. Department of Medicine C, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research (RECENTCANCER, volume 127)

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Advances in breast cancer research, achieved through the progress of knowledge and development of new therapies, have been translated into improved quality of care for breast cancer patients. Clinical investigations and clinical trials have made the largest contribution to the body of knowledge that finds its way to the patient. Never before during the past decades of management of breast cancer has there been such a fruitful intellectual cross-fertilization of ideas among individuals involved in the generation of hypotheses, basic research, development of drugs and treatments, conduct of clinical trials, and statistical evaluation - the results of all of which are now translated into progress in clinical care. Even issues such as the quality of life of breast cancer patients, once the domain for few, are now being openly addressed by trials and discussed in a much broader forum. The IVth International Conference on the Adjuvant Therapy of Primary Breast Cancer, also known as the st. Gallen Conference, was again attended by more than 800 scientists and clinicians interested in this broad spectrum of breast cancer research and the interactions between such diverse fields of interest and specialties as cancer pathology, molecular biology, and psychosocial oncology. This volume collects findings and conclusions presented at the conference.

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Table of contents (38 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Biological Mechanisms and Models

    1. Kinetic Concepts in the Treatment of Breast Cancer

      • L. Norton
      Pages 1-6

    2. Tumor Stem Cells and the Curability of Early Human Breast Cancer

      • C. Jasmin
      Pages 7-12

    3. A New Paradigm for Breast Cancer

      • M. W. Retsky, D. E. Swartzendruber, P. D. Bame, R. H. Wardwell
      Pages 13-22

    4. A Laboratory Model To Explain the Survival Advantage Observed in Patients Taking Adjuvant Tamoxifen Therapy

      • D. M. Wolf, V. C. Jordan
      Pages 23-33

    5. Growth Factors and Angiogenesis in Breast Cancer

      • A. L. Harris, E. Horak
      Pages 35-41

    6. Mechanisms of Treatment Failure

      • M. H. N. Tattersall
      Pages 43-47

    7. Expression of the MDR1 Gene (P-Glycoprotein) in Breast Cancer

      • R. S. Weinstein, K. K. Hansen, R. B. McBeath, W. S. Dalton
      Pages 49-54

  3. Prognosis and Prediction of Response

    1. Prognosis of Breast Cancer Patients: How To Use What?

      • G. M. Clark, W. L. McGuire
      Pages 55-60

    2. DNA Flow Cytometry Measurements and Their Clinical Relevance in Node-Negative Breast Cancer Patients

      • L. G. Dressler
      Pages 61-69

    3. Review of Proliferative Variables and Their Predictive Value

      • R. Silvestrini, M. G. Daidone
      Pages 71-76

    4. Critical Review of Growth Factors as Clinical Tools in Primary and Metastatic Breast Cancer

      • J. G. M. Klijn, P. M. J. J. Berns, W. L. J. van Putten, M. Bontenbal, J. Alexieva-Figusch, J. A. Foekens
      Pages 77-88

    5. Prognosis and Prediction for Early Breast Cancer

      • M. Baum
      Pages 89-94

  4. Primary Therapy for Early Breast Cancer

    1. Trials of Breast Conservation: A Critical Review of All Options

      • W. C. Wood
      Pages 95-98

    2. Selection and Technique for Lumpectomy

      • R. G. Margolese
      Pages 99-108

    3. Salvage Treatment After Local Breast Cancer Relapse

      • F. Harder, R. Hünig, U. Laffer, N. Lüscher, R. de Roche, J. Torhorst
      Pages 109-112

    4. Primary Chemotherapy for Resectable Breast Cancer

      • G. Bonadonna, U. Veronesi, C. Brambilla, L. Ferrari, P. Passoni, G. F. Coopmans de Yoldi et al.
      Pages 113-117

  5. Radiation Therapy as Part of Primary Treatment

    1. Radiation Therapies for Breast Cancer: Current Knowledge on Advantages and Disadvantages

      • L. E. Rutqvist
      Pages 119-127

    2. How To Combine Adjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy

      • J. R. Harris, A. Recht
      Pages 129-136

    3. Factors which Predict Breast Relapse

      • J. M. Kurtz
      Pages 137-150
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Medicine C, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Hans-Jörg Senn, Beat Thürlimann

  • Division of Biostatistics, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA

    Richard D. Gelber

  • Ospedale Civico, Lugano, Switzerland

    Aron Goldhirsch

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Adjuvant Therapy of Breast Cancer IV

  • Editors: Hans-Jörg Senn, Richard D. Gelber, Aron Goldhirsch, Beat Thürlimann

  • Series Title: Recent Results in Cancer Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84745-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-84747-9Published: 21 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-84745-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0080-0015

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-6767

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 300

  • Topics: Oncology, Surgery, Gynecology, Pathology

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