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ReviewJournal of the advanced practitioner in oncology

Treatment Considerations for the Management of Patients With Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer.

Constance Visovsky

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Review in Journal of the advanced practitioner in oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Constance VisovskyUniversity of South Florida College of Nursing, Tampa, Florida.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer is among the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States. Despite treatment, 30% to 40% of women with early-stage or localized invasive breast cancer will eventually develop metastatic disease. Women with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) are living longer lives with the advent of new therapies. Currently, treatment for MBC can consist of a variety of approaches including chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and hormonal therapy, with disease-related, treatment-related, and patient-related factors guiding the selection and sequencing of these agents. In addition to controlling disease progression, strategies to improve or maintain quality of life are particularly important. For women with hormone receptor-positive disease, hormonal therapy is typically the first-line treatment of choice given the overall efficacy and favorable safety profiles of these agents; additional lines of other hormonal therapies are often administered upon disease progression. Other factors that must be considered by the practitioner to achieve optimal outcomes for the patient with MBC include the presence of comorbid illness and the educational, psychosocial, and supportive care needs of the patient.

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PMID26114012
PMCPMC4457170

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