Recently added articles from Advances in Breast Cancer:
Psychological issues affecting women with breast cancer.(Editorial)(Clinical report)
Jun 01, 2009; Stebbing, Justin ... This issue of Advances in Breast Cancer is devoted to psychological issues. A decade ago Harold Burstein and colleagues published a 'special article' in the New England Journal of Medicine, which I have long regarded as being one of the most insightful papers I have ever read [1]. This ...
Psychotic illness in breast cancer.(Feature Article)(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; Sharma, Anand ... Background Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in women and is the second leading cause of cancer death. As with other serious illnesses, cancer can be accompanied by psychotic illness, which can affect mind, mood, body and behaviour. Treatment for these ...
An oncologist's perspective on having breast cancer.(Feature Article)
Jun 01, 2009; Filipovic, Sladjana ... Twenty-five years ago, I was misdiagnosed with breast cancer, on the basis of a nipple discharge cytology. I was a young physician, about to begin specialty training; oncology practice in my country was still in its early years. My husband convinced me to seek a second opinion and, ...
The clinical importance of patient adherence to therapy.(Feature Article)(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; Fallowfield, Lesley ... Introduction Incredible advances in cancer treatments have been made over the last decade. Many more patients are cured or gain worthwhile remissions and life extension, and chemoprevention is now a real possibility. The availability and affordability of many of these novel ...
Psychological issues that may affect breast cancer trial recruitment.(Feature Article)(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; Graham, Helen ... Introduction In the UK, approximately 46,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer each year, including 300 men [1]. Most breast cancers (80%) occur in women over the age of 50 years. The other two main risk factors are being female and having a significant family history of ...
IMPAKT breast cancer conference May 2009.(Conference Report)(Conference news)
Jun 01, 2009; Stafyla, Vania ... IMPAKT's main purpose is to give researchers from all over the world a forum to present their work, and to provide clinicians with an opportunity to integrate the results of research into their everyday practice. IMPAKT has been launched by the Breast International Group (BIG) and the ...
