Current best practices and rationalistic perspectives in causation-based prevention, early detection and multidisciplinary treatment of breast and gastric cancer

Gastric & Breast Cancer e-journal
DOI: 10.2122/gbc.2010.0126

REVIEW

Decision-making treatment for early breast cancer and future perspectives.

Dimosthenis Ziogas, M.D.

Affiliation: Dimosthenis Ziogas M.D., Department of Surgery, University of Ioannina , School of Medicine , 45110 Ioannina , Greece .

E-mail: deziogas@hotmail.com

ABSTRACT

Currently decision-making for the treatment of women with early, node-negative breast cancer is based on age, tumor size, grade, estrogen receptor (ER) status and HER2 status. However, about 30% of these patients receiving an unnecessary systemic chemotherapy and another substantial proportion an inadequate treatment with intrinsic or acquired resistance. More recently, to improve these decisions the multigene assays 21-gene (Oncotype DX) and 70-gene signature (MammaPrint) and the isolated tumor cells (ITCs) in sentinel lymph node(s) are proposed.

In this review article, the advantages and limitations of these new markers are discussed and considering a balance of risks and benefits a treatment approach is suggested. Moreover, the potential of molecular networks research to develop novel biomarkers for improving a tailored breast cancer treatment is also described.

 

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