Assessment and designation of breast cancer stage

Leigh Neumayer; Rebecca K. Viscusi

doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-35955-9.00037-4

Assessment and designation of breast cancer stage

Leigh Neumayer, Rebecca K. Viscusi

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Staging of breast cancer is critical for making treatment decisions as well as for prognosis. Staging systems have evolved over time, and most providers caring for patients with breast cancer use American Joint Commission on Cancer staging. This chapter also provides a review of multicentric and multifocal characteristics of breast cancer.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Breast
Subtitle of host publication	Comprehensive Management of Benign and Malignant Diseases
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	531-552.e6
ISBN (Print)	9780323359559
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-35955-9.00037-4
State	Published - 2018

Keywords

Breast cancer
Breast neoplasm
Multicentric
Multifocal
Staging

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General Medicine

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