Current standards for primary breast cancer treatment (According to the proceedings of the International Conference on Breast Cancer, Moscow, January 22–24, 2014)

Abstract

The paper gives the current clinical guidelines for all treatments for primary breast cancer, which were developed by the expert groups of the Society of Cancer Chemotherapists (RUSSCO) and presented at the International Conference on Breast Cancer on 22–24 January 2014. The present guidelines are based on the principles of evidence-based medicine and may serve as a practical guide for oncologists.

Keywords

• operable breast cancer
• locally advanced breast cancer
• tnm staging
• prognostic factors
• treatment