Lijecnicki vjesnik 2012;134(1-2)
CLINICAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND MONITORING OF PATIENTS WITH INVASIVE BREAST CANCER
Rudolf Tomek, Lidija Beketić Orešković, Eduard Vrdoljak, Željko Soldić, Paula Podolski, Stjepko Pleština, Damir Gugić, Željko Vojnović, Branka Petrić Miše, Snježana Tomić, Josip Fajdić, Danko Velimir Vrdoljak, Ivan Drinković, Boris Brkljačić, Elvira Mustać
Abstract
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women. Preventive measures, early diagnosis and development of all treatment modalities (surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormonal and targeted biologic therapy) led to improvement in survival and quality of life of the patient. In order to standardize and optimize the approach, following good clinical practice standards, we bring consensus guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of breast cancer patients as a result of consensus of a multidisciplinary team of experts for breast cancer.