Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer

Basics.- History of Adjuvant Therapy.- Prognostic and Predictive Factors.- New Perspectives for Therapy Choice.- Pathology Role in Adjuvant Setting.- Guidelines, Consensus Conferences and Overviews (Meta-analysis).- Statistical Issues and Challenges.- Treatments.- Multidisciplinary Care: Optimising Team Performance.- Preoperative Chemo- and Endocrine Therapy.- Adjuvant Chemotherapy.- Postoperative Endocrine Therapy for Invasive Breast Cancer.- Adjuvant Therapy of Breast Cancer – Bisphosphonates.- New Wind in the Adjuvant Setting.- Trastuzumab.- Lapatinib: New Directions in HER2 Directed Therapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer.- Special Issues.- Supportive Care During Adjuvant Treatment.- Dose in (Adjuvant) Chemotherapy of Breast Cancer.- Timing of Adjuvant Therapy.- Sequencing of Systemic Treatment and Radiotherapy.- Special Populations.- Young Patients with Breast Cancer.- Special Populations: Elderly Patients.- Adjuvant Therapy in Patients with Breast Cancer During Pregnancy.- After Breast Cancer and Treatment, Sequelae of Adjuvant Treatment Social Issues.- Investigations After Adjuvant Therapy.- Quality of Life Issues During Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy.- Fertility.- Cognitive Function in Breast Cancer Survivors.- Costs of Adjuvant Breast Cancer Treatments.- Social Issues: Marital Support.- The View and Role of Breast Cancer Advocacy.- The Voice of a Special Patient.