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Contents

 

Introduction

Types

Work-Up

Stages

Treatment

Glossary

Help


Decision Trees

Stage 0 (LCIS)

Stage 0 (DCIS)

Stage I , II, III Cancers

Axillary Lymph Node Surgery

Additional Treatment

   - Invasive Cancers, Small tumors
   - Invasive Cancers, Large Tumors

Additional Treatment of Tubular or Colloid

Additional Hormone Treatment

Treatment of Large Stage II or IIIA

Stage III Locally Advanced

Follow-up and Treatment IV or Recurrence

Follow-up and Treatment - Hormone Treatment

In Pregnancy

 

 

   
 

Authors and NCCN Panel Members

American Cancer Society

The Breast Cancer Treatment Guidelines for Patients were developed by a diverse group of experts and were based on the NCCN clinical practice guidelines. These patient guidelines were translated, reviewed, and published with help from the following individuals:
 

Terri Ades, MS, APRN-BC, AOCN
American Cancer Society

Kimberly Stump-Sutliff, MS, RN, AOCNS
American Cancer Society

Joan McClure, MS
National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Dorothy A. Shead, MS
National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Susan J. Moench, PhD, PA-C
National Comprehensive Cancer Network


 

The original NCCN Breast Cancer Clinical Practice Guidelines were developed by the following NCCN Panel Members:

Robert W. Carlson, MD/Chair
Stanford Comprehensive Cancer Center

Benjamin O. Anderson, MD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/Seattle Cancer Care Alliance

Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center | Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

W. Bradford Carter, MD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute at the University of South Florida

Stephen B. Edge, MD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute

William B. Farrar, MD
Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital & Richard J. Solove Research Institute at The Ohio State University

Lori J. Goldstein, MD
Fox Chase Cancer Center

William J. Gradishar, MD
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Daniel F. Hayes, MD
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Clifford Hudis, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Mohammad Jahanzeb, MD
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital/University of Tennessee Cancer Institute

Krystyna Kiel, MD
Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

Britt-Marie Ljung, MD
UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center

Lawrence B. Marks, MD
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center

Beryl McCormick, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Lisle M. Nabell, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center

Lori J. Pierce, MD
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center

Elizabeth C. Reed, MD
UNMC Eppley Cancer Center at The Nebraska Medical Center

Mary Lou Smith, JD, MBA
Consultant

George Somlo, MD
City of Hope

Richard Theriault, DO, MBA
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

John H. Ward, MD
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah

Eric P. Winer, MD
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center | Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Antonio C. Wolff, MD
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University

 

For more information on these treatment guidelines, or on cancer in general, call the NCCN at 1-888-909-NCCN or the American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345. Or you can visit these organizations’ web sites at www.cancer.org (ACS) and www.nccn.org (NCCN).

 

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