Breast Cancer Advances in Focus
October is Breast Cancer Month 
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Breast Cancer Advances In Focus: National Cancer Institute Fact Sheet
Thirty-Five Years Ago
- Approximately 75% of women diagnosed with breast cancer survived their disease at least 5 years.
- Mastectomy was the only accepted surgical option for breast cancer treatment.
- Only one randomized trial of mammography for breast cancer screening had been conducted.
- Clinical investigation of combination chemotherapy, using multiple drugs with different mechanisms of action, and of hormonal therapy as post-surgical (adjuvant) treatment for breast cancer was in its earliest stages.
- Hormonal treatment of inoperable or advanced breast cancer with tamoxifen, a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), was being investigated but had not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
- Genes associated with an increased risk of breast cancer had not yet been identified.
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Tomorrow
We will exploit our rapidly increasing knowledge of genetics, molecular biology, and immunology to develop even more effective and less toxic treatments for breast cancer. We will expand our ability to target and disrupt the effects of molecular changes that cause breast cells to become cancerous. In addition, we will use this knowledge to personalize breast cancer therapy. For example:
- Gene expression analysis has led to the identification of five subtypes of breast cancer that have distinct biological features, clinical outcomes, and responses to chemotherapy. This knowledge should allow the development of treatment strategies based on an individual's tumor characteristics.
- A patient's response to chemotherapy is influenced not only by the tumor's genetic characteristics but also by inherited variation in genes that affect a person's ability to absorb, metabolize, and eliminate drugs. This knowledge should allow prediction of tumor response to and the likelihood of severe adverse effects from individual chemotherapy drugs or classes of drugs. It should also aid in the design of more effective and less toxic chemotherapeutic agents.
With your help, tomorrow can get here faster.
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