1. Breast cancer: Challenges in treating young women.
- Author
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MANN, LYNNE and SALIBA, LUCIA
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FERTILITY preservation , *SENTINEL lymph node biopsy , *OVARIAN cancer , *HORMONE receptor positive breast cancer , *YOUNG women , *BREAST cancer , *MALE breast cancer - Abstract
The article discusses breast cancer challenges in treating young women. Topics include benefits of a multidisciplinary approach to management includes guiding the patient through diagnosis and treatment and addressing psychosocial impacts and counselling young patients about the impacts on fertility; how breast cancer in young women is associated with a higher rate of a positive family history and mutations in breast cancer genes; and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
- Published
- 2022