Breast cancer is the
most common female cancer in the US, the second most common cause of cancer
death in women, and the main cause of death in women ages 40 to 59.
Important risk factors
for breast cancer are age (older), gender (female), reproductive history (less
children), hormonal factors (early menses and late menopause), and family
history.
Triple-negative
breast cancer refers to
any breast cancer that does not express the genes for estrogen
receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) or Her2/neu.
Triple negative is
sometimes used as a surrogate term for basal-like, however more detailed
classification is possible providing better guidance for treatment and better
estimates for prognosis.
Treatment of Triple
Negative Breast Cancer:
Standard
treatment is surgery with adjuvant (after surgery) chemotherapy and
radiotherapy.
As a
variation neoadjuvant (before surgery) chemotherapy is very frequently used for
triple negative breast cancers. This allows for a higher rate of breast
conserving surgeries and by evaluating the response to the chemotherapy gives
important clues about the individual responsiveness of the particular cancer to
chemotherapy.
Here,
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Dr. Stephan Gluck is
currently a professor of medicine at the University of Miami Sylvester
Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Dr. Gluck Credentials:
-Associate
Division Chief for Clinical Affairs, Division of Hematology/Oncology
-Clinical Director,
Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute