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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a very aggressive form of breast carcinoma marked by rapid disease progression and early distant dissemination. Despite this fact, nearly 70% of patients diagnosed with (IBC) will have localized disease at presentation. As survival for patients with IBC has improved with the addition and routine use of doxorubicin-based chemotherapy, local management has emerged as a critical component of the curative management of these patients. Over the last two decades, local control rates for patients with IBC have dramatically improved. Utilization of a combined-modality approach employing neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by mastectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy with accelerated hyperfractionated radiation to 66 Gy has transformed what was once a disease with local control rates less than 50% to one with local control rates on the order of 70%-80%. In patients whose disease responds to chemotherapy, the 5-year local control rates are even higher. These improvements in local control have translated into improvements in survival. In this paper, we review many of the exciting advances in locoregional management of IBC. We analyze the relevant literature pertaining to those local treatment options, review treatment techniques, and provide evidence-based treatment recommendations fro practicing oncologists.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0888-6008
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
75-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Disease-Free Survival, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Evidence-Based Medicine, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Mastectomy, Segmental, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Radiotherapy, Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Radiotherapy, High-Energy, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Radiotherapy Dosage, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Risk Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Survival Rate, pubmed-meshheading:16761358-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:articleTitle
Inflammatory breast cancer: current concepts in local management.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review