Managing Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

From: http://www.beetmedicine.tv/2009/04/managing-locally-advanced-breast-cancer.html

If a cancer is large when it is first treated it may be categorized as locally advanced according to the criteria described by Dr. Amber Guth, a surgeon, and Dr. Novik, an oncologist.

Initial treatment is usually a combination of chemo-hormonal therapy before there is any surgery. The response to treatment predicts prognosis.

Sometimes tumor shrinkage is so dramatic that a lumpectomy can be performed. Breast reconstruction may be feasible following a mastectomy. This multidisciplinary treatment has accomplished the best results.

-- Peter Pressman, MD

Interviewees:

Yelena Novik, MD
Medical Director, NYUCI Clinical Trials Office
Assistant Professor & Medical Oncologist
NYU Cancer Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center

and

Amber Guth, MD
Director, Breast Cancer Fellowship
Associate Professor & Breast Surgeon
NYU Cancer Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Breast Cancer