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Breast
6. Management
01 In Situ Disease
02 Stage I or Stage II Invasive Cancer (T1, T2; N0, N1; M0)
03 Adjuvant Systemic for HER2 Negative Breast Cancer
04 Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy
041 Adjuvant Trastuzumab Therapy
042 Hepatitis B Screening & Prophylaxis in Breast Cancer
05 Locally Advanced Breast Cancer (LABC) (T3N1; Any T4, Any N2, N3, M0)
06 Inflammatory Breast Cancer
07 Phylloides Tumours of Breast (Cystosarcoma Phyloides)
08 Locoregional Recurrence
09 Stage I or II Tumours with Muscle, but Not Chest Wall, Fixation
10 Metastatic Disease
11 Breast Cancer in Pregnancy
12 Cancer of the Male Breast
13 Contraindications to Radiation Therapy
14 Side Effects of Radiation Therapy
15 Surgical Margins after Breast Conserving Surgery for Invasive Disease
A guide for people with advanced breast cancer
Lymphedema
Lymphedema References
Sentinel Node Biopsy (SNL)
Synoptic Report Form

Lymphedema References

  1. Kissin MW, Querci della Rovere G, Easton D et al. Risk of lymphedema following the treatment of breast cancer. Br J Surg 1986; 73: 580-584.
  2. Werner RS, McCormick B, Petrek J, et al. Arm edema in conservative management of breast cancer: obesity is a major predictive factor. Therapeutic Radiology 1991; 180 (1): 177-184.
  3. Petrek JA, Lerner R. Lymphedema. In Harris JR, Lippman ME, et al (eds): Diseases of the Breast, Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia New York, 1996; 896-903
  4. Brennan MJ, DePompolo RW, Garden FH. Focused review: postmastectomy lymphedema. Arch Phys Med Rehab 1996; 77: S74-S79.
  5. Simon MS. Cellulitis after axillary lymph node dissection for carcinoma of the breast. Am J Med 1992; 93: 543-548.
  6. Consensus Document of the International Society of Lymphology Executive Committee. The diagnosis and treatment of peripheral lymphedema. Lymphology 1995; 28: 113-117.
  7. Kirshbaum M. The development, implementation and evaluation of guidelines for the management of breast cancer related lymphoedema. European Journal of Cancer Care 1996; 5: 246-251.
  8. Richmand DM, O'Donnell TF Jr, Zelikovski A. Sequential pneumatic compression for lymphedema: a controlled trial. Arch Surg 1985; 120: 1116-9.
  9. Casley-Smith JR. Modern treatment of lymphedema. Modern Medicine 1992; 35(5): 70-83.
  10. Brennan MJ. Incidence and sub-types of pain in lymphedema. Presented at the annual joint meeting of AAPM&R and ACRM. San Francisco, 1992.
  11. Tobin MB, Lacey HJ, Meyer L, Mortimer, PS. The psychological morbidity of breast cancer-related arm swelling. Cancer 1993; 72 (11): 3248-52.
  12. Minutes of the 178th (April 1995) Meeting of the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee. Sydney, Australia.
  13. Sicard-Rosenbaum L, Lord D, Danoff JV, et al. Effects of continuous therapeutic ultrasound on growth and metastasis of subcutaneous murine tumors. Physical Therapy 1995; 75 (1): 3/9-10/16.
  14. Sackett DL. Rules of evidence and clinical recommendations on the use of antithrombotic agents. Chest 1989; 95 (2) Supplement 2S-4S.

A complete report and list of references is available from the B.C.Cancer Agency through Dr. Karen Gelmon, Breast Tumour Group Chair, Vancouver Cancer Centre, 600 West 10th Ave., Vancouver, B.C., V5Z 4E6. Fax: (604)877-0585; e-mail: kgelmon@bccancer.bc.ca

* Because breast cancer occurs predominantly in women, the text addresses women, although the task force recognizes that breast cancer can also occur in men.