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Advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and treatment (CG81)
This NICE guideline is to be updated in the near future.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2017 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Breast Cancer Treatment
Keywords: Advanced Breast Cancer
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This document provides a comprehensive review of the evidence behind the surgical management of risk reducing and contralateral mastectomies. Evaluation of surgical techniques is included as are chemo...
Society of Surgical Oncology | USA
01.01.2017 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Breast Cancer Risk
Keywords: Contralateral Mastectomy Risk Reducing Surgery Chemoprevention
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ABS Summary Statement: Contralateral mastectomy for unilateral breast cancer
Association of Breast Surgery, UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2017 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Breast Cancer Risk
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Axillary treatment for operable primary breast cancer
This is a comprehensive and rigorous review of all modern published data on axillary treatment in women with early breast cancer. Sentinel node biopsy, axillary surgery and axillary radiotherapy are e...
Cochrane Library, UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2017 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: Axilla Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy/ SLNB Radiotherapy
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National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE), UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2017 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Breast Cancer Risk
Keywords: Familial Breast Cancer/ Family History
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NHSBSP: Clinical Guidance for Breast Cancer Screening Assessment
This document provides very clear guidance on the management of patients recalled for further assessment following Screening Mammography. There are very helpful indicators on how to manage B3 lesions....
Public Health England | United Kingdom
01.01.2016 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Screening & Diagnosis
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The American Society of Breast Surgery has its own recommendations for B3 lesions (they do not use the term “B3”). The guidance is broadly the same but there are some subtle differences. The nomenclat...
American Society of Breast Surgeons | USA
01.01.2016 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Screening & Diagnosis
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Benefits of Adjuvant Bisphosphonates in Post menopausal women
The UK Breast Cancer Group have produced a very helpful 2 page summary of the benefits of bisphosphonates as adjuvant treatment in breast cancer patients.
UK National Breast Clinical Reference Group & UK Breast Cancer Group, UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2016 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Adjuvant & Neoadjuvant Treatment
Keywords: Bisphosphonates
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Postoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer: UK consensus statement
This UK wide guidance is produced by the Clinical Oncology Group of the Royal College of Radiologists and is supported by ABS. It includes statements on axillary and internal mammary lymph node radio...
Royal College of Radiologists (RCR), UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2016 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Adjuvant & Neoadjuvant Treatment
Keywords: Radiotherapy
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ASCO have produced recommendations on the requirements for postmastectomy chest wall irradiation in patients with T1-2 tumours and 1-3 positive axillary nodes or patients with a positive sentinel node...
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) | USA
01.01.2016 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Adjuvant & Neoadjuvant Treatment
Keywords: Radiotherapy
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The American Society of Breast Surgery have produced a comprehensive review of the literature on Contralateral Mastectomy in patients with unilateral cancers (called prophylactic mastectomy in their p...
American Society of Breast Surgeons | USA
01.01.2016 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Breast Cancer Risk
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Sentinel Lymph node biopsy for patients with early stage breast cancer update
The ASCO recommendations are similar to those proposed in the ABS Summary Statement: Management of the Malignant Axilla in Early Breast Cancer and are supported by the ABS.
American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), USA | USA
01.01.2016 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: Axilla Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy/ SLNB
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Pertuzumab for the neoadjuvant treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer (TA424)
This guidance re-emphasises the importance of discussing all ER-ve and HER2+ve breast cancer patients in the pre-operative MDT
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2016 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Adjuvant & Neoadjuvant Treatment
Keywords: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy/ NACT
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ABS Summary Statement: Breast Implant Associated-Anaplastic Lymph Cell Lymphoma
Association of Breast Surgery, UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2016 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Cosmetic Surgery
Keywords: ALCL/ BIA ALCL Cosmetic Surgery Breast implants
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Nipple and areolar sparing mastectomy for the treatment of breast cancer
This Cochrane Review concludes that there is low quality evidence on which to decide upon oncological safety of nipple sparing mastectomies when compared to skin sparing mastectomies or standard maste...
Cochrane Library, UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2016 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: Nipple sparing Areolar sparing
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NICE Quality Standard: Breast Cancer (QS12)
This document by NICE provides the quality standards that underpin care of breast cancer patients in England & Wales. In Scotland the similar document Guideline 134 provides a similar function.
National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE), UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2016 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Service Guidance
Keywords: Breast Cancer Management
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ABS Summary Statement: Guidelines on antibiotic prophylaxis in breast surgery
Association of Breast Surgery, UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2015 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: Antiobiotic Prophylaxis
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ABS Summary Statement: Breast operation note documentation
Association of Breast Surgery, UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2015 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Service Guidance
Keywords: Documentation
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