Breast Cancer, Metastatic or Recurrent

Breast Cancer, Metastatic or Recurrent

References

Citations

  1. Ellis MJ, et al. (2004). Treatment of metastatic breast cancer. In JR Harris et al., eds., Diseases of the Breast, 3rd ed., pp. 1101–1159. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

  2. National Cancer Institute (2011). Breast Cancer PDQ: Treatment—Patient Version. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/breast/Patient.

Other Works Consulted

  • American Joint Committee on Cancer (2010). Breast. In AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, 7th ed., pp. 345–376. New York: Springer.

  • Blanchard EM, Hesketh PJ (2008). Nausea and vomiting. In VT DeVita Jr et al., eds., DeVita, Hellman, and Rosenberg’s Cancer: Principles and Practice of Oncology, 8th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2639–2646. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

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  • National Cancer Institute (2010). Lymphedema PDQ: Treatment—Health Professional Version. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/lymphedema/healthprofessional.

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  • National Cancer Institute (2011). Nausea and Vomiting PDQ—Health Professional Version. Available online: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/nausea/HealthProfessional.

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Last Updated:
October 22, 2012
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