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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lee JS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7502854 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lee Joanna S JS Toktas Osman O Soran Atilla A
Clinical Medicine Insights. Oncology 20200917
It is estimated that approximately 154000 women in the United States have stage IV breast cancer (BC). A subset of this group has metastatic disease at presentation, known as de novo stage IV disease. De novo stage IV BC accounts for approximately 6% of all BC diagnoses in the United States. Traditionally, stage IV BC patients are treated with primary systemic therapy with a palliative intent reserving possible locoregional treatment (LRT) as last resort. There has been a lot of interest in the ...[more]