CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND MONITORING OF PATIENTS WITH INVASIVE BREAST CANCER--CROATIAN ONCOLOGY SOCIETY

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. It can be diagnosed in early stage through screening, early detection and educational programs, and when diagnosed early it can be efficiently treated. Treatment modalities include surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormonal therapy and targeted bi...

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Published inLiječnički vjesnik Vol. 137; no. 5-6; pp. 143 - 149
Main Authors Šeparović, Robert, Ban, Marija, Silovska, Tajana, Oresković, Lidija Beketić, Soldić, Željko, Podolski, Paula, Pleština, Stjepko, Gugić, Damir, Petković, Marija, Jakić-Razumović, Jasminka, Vojnović, Zeljko, Miše, Branka Petrić, Tomić, Snježana, Stanec, Zdenko, Vrdoljak, Danko Velemir, Drinković, Ivan, Brkljačić, Boris, Mustać, Elvira, Utrobičić, Ivan, Vrdoljak, Eduard
Format Journal Article
LanguageCroatian
Published Croatia 01.05.2015
Subjects
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols - pharmacology
Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis
Breast Neoplasms - therapy
Combined Modality Therapy
Croatia
Female
Humans
Mastectomy - methods
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Neoplasm Staging
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant - methods
Croatia
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Summary:Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. It can be diagnosed in early stage through screening, early detection and educational programs, and when diagnosed early it can be efficiently treated. Treatment modalities include surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, hormonal therapy and targeted biologic therapy, according to the stage of the disease and patient condition. Treatment decisions should be made after multidisciplinary team discussion. Due to the significance of this disease it is important to define and implement standardized approach for diagnostic, treatment and monitoring algorithm as well. The following text presents the clinical guidelines in order to standardize the procedures and criteria for diagnosis, management, treatment and monitoring of patients with breast cancer in the Republic of Croatia.
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ISSN:0024-3477