ASCO 2010, Part I: 'Less Is More' in Early Breast Cancer
ASCO 2010, Part I: 'Less Is More' in Early Breast Cancer
Lee Schwartzberg, MD, Editor-in-Chief
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2010 Jul 7
ASCO 2010, Part I: 'Less Is More' in Early Breast Cancer
2010 Jul 7, Lee Schwartzberg, MD, Editor-in-Chief
This year's ASCO meeting had expectations running high that new standards of care for breast cancer would be established. Interestingly, the changes coming out of the major presentations related more to surgical and radiation oncologic approaches than to medical oncology interventions. Indeed, some of our longest-held assumptions about local-regional therapy of early-stage breast cancer were challenged by the provocative data presented. Local therapy for early-stage breast cancer: Less is more?Sentinel...