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Clinical Update - Breast cancer

Putting research into context, Clinical Update - Breast Cancer provides health professionals with expert comment on relevant journal articles. A brief abstract summarises key findings from a recent journal article, while commentary from an expert reviewer places the study outcomes into context for the Australian healthcare system.

Editor: Dr Anne Nelson, Cancer Australia

Editorial Committee: Mr John Collins - Surgeon, Dr Sue-Anne McLachlan - Medical Oncologist, Dr Sue Pendlebury - Radiation Oncologist, A/Prof Martin Stockler - Medical Oncologist, Ms Jo Keyser - Specialist Breast Nurse, Dr Sally Meade - Breast Surgeon, Dr Warwick Lee - Radiologist, A/Prof Liz Lobb - Senior Research Fellow.



Clinical Update - Breast Cancer - issue 40

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Treatment with trastuzumab for 1 year after adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer (HERA trial)

August, 2011

Commentary by Dr Belinda Kiely

Last Updated on Monday, 15 August 2011 14:15 Read more...
 

Clinical Update - Breast Cancer - issue 39

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Adjuvant tamoxifen and exemestane in early breast cancer (TEAM)

April, 2011

Commentary by
Dr Richard de Boer

Last Updated on Monday, 27 June 2011 16:04 Read more...
 

Clinical Update - Breast Cancer - issue 38

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Comparative effectiveness of MRI in breast cancer (COMICE) trial

October, 2010

Commentary by Professor Shih-Chang Wang

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:05 Read more...
 

Clinical Update - Breast Cancer - issue 37

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Local excision alone without irradiation for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast

July, 2010

Commentary by Winthrop Professor Christobel Saunders and Dr Mandy Taylor

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 11:59 Read more...
 

Clinical Update - Breast Cancer - issue 36

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Weight lifting in women with breast cancer related lymphoedema

December, 2009

Commentary by Dr Sandi Hayes

Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 April 2010 11:53 Read more...
 

Clinical Update - Breast Cancer - issue 35

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Inhibition of Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase in Tumors from BRCA Mutation Carriers

October, 2009

Commentary by Dr Gillian Mitchell

Created: Thursday, 15 October 2009 
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Clinical Update - Breast Cancer - issue 34

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Psychologic intervention improves survival for breast cancer patients

July, 2009

Commentary by Laureate Professor Rob Sanson-Fisher

Created: Tuesday, 21 July 2009 
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Clinical Update - special issue 33

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Meta-analysis of risk reduction estimates associated with risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy in BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers

June, 2009

Commentary by Associate Professor Kelly-Anne Phillips

This edition of Clinical Update is a special joint issue between Clinical Update – Breast Cancer and Clinical Update – Ovarian Cancer.

Created: Tuesday, 23 June 2009 
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Clinical Update - Breast Cancer - issue 32

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Proportion of invasive breast cancer attributable to risk factors modifiable after menopause

January, 2009

Commentary by Dr Anne Kricker

Created: Wednesday, 28 January 2009 
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Clinical Update - Breast Cancer - issue 31

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Effect of anastrozole and tamoxifen as adjuvant treatment for early-stage breast cancer: 100-month analysis of the ATAC trial

September, 2008

Commentary by Dr Jacquie Chirgwin

Created: Sunday, 28 September 2008 
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