Metastatic breast cancer, version 1.2012: featured updates to the NCCN guidelines.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
These NCCN Guidelines Insights highlight the important updates/changes specific to the management of metastatic breast cancer in the 2012 version of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Breast Cancer. These changes/updates include the issue of retesting of biomarkers (estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) on recurrent disease, new information regarding first-line combination endocrine therapy for metastatic disease, a new section on monitoring of patients with metastatic disease, and new information on endocrine therapy combined with an mTOR inhibitor as a subsequent therapeutic option.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Carlson, RW; Allred, DC; Anderson, BO; Burstein, HJ; Edge, SB; Farrar, WB; Forero, A; Giordano, SH; Goldstein, LJ; Gradishar, WJ; Hayes, DF; Hudis, CA; Isakoff, SJ; Ljung, B-ME; Mankoff, DA; Marcom, PK; Mayer, IA; McCormick, B; Pierce, LJ; Reed, EC; Smith, ML; Soliman, H; Somlo, G; Theriault, RL; Ward, JH; Wolff, AC; Zellars, R; Kumar, R; Shead, DA; National Comprehensive Cancer Network,
Published Date
- July 1, 2012
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 10 / 7
Start / End Page
- 821 - 829
PubMed ID
- 22773798
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC3753191
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1540-1413
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.6004/jnccn.2012.0086
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States