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Ask the Expert: Standard Treatment for Phylloides Tumor

Igor Matushansky, MD, 2012 Feb 22

"Ask the Expert” features answers by our experts to your clinical questions. Question: Is standard treatment for a phylloides tumor still only surgery?Answer: Yes, surgery alone remains standard. "Ask...

Ask the Expert: Electrochemotherapy for Malignant Phylloides Tumor?

Igor Matushansky, MD, 2012 Feb 22

"Ask the Expert” features answers by our experts to your clinical questions. Question: Is there any indication for ECT (electrochemotherapy) in the management of local recurrence of a malignant phyllodes...

Ask the Expert: Phylloides Tumors: Breast Cancer or Sarcoma?

Igor Matushansky, MD, 2012 Feb 22

"Ask the Expert” features answers by our experts to your clinical questions. Question: Do you think an extremely aggressive phylloides tumor will be classified as a breast cancer in a year or two?Answer:...

Ask the Expert: PEM vs Mammography?

Maxine Jochelson, MD, 2012 Feb 21

"Ask the Expert” features answers by our experts to your clinical questions. Question: How does positron emission mammography (PEM) compare with mammography for breast imaging?Answer: PEM is basically...

Ask the Expert: Is a Malignant Phylloides Tumor Considered Breast Cancer?

Clifford Hudis, MD, 2012 Feb 10

"Ask the Expert” features answers by our experts to your clinical questions. Question: Do you think that an extremely aggressive phylloides tumor will be classified as a breast cancer in a year or two?Answer:...

Ask the Expert: Applying BOLERO-2 to the “Hormone-Refractory” Patient

Clifford Hudis, MD, 2012 Jan 30

"Ask the Expert” features answers by our experts to your clinical questions. Question: How do we apply the data from the BOLERO-2 trial to practice? Can we “re-challenge” a patient with metastatic ER-positive...

Ask the Expert: Zoledronic Acid in Late-Stage DLBCL With Bone Involvement

Andre Goy, MD, 2012 Jan 30

"Ask the Expert” features answers by our experts to your clinical questions. Question: How should one use zoledronic acid in a patient with stage IVB diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who has extensive bone...

Ask the Expert: Interim PET-CT in Evaluation Lymphoma Treatment Response

Andre Goy, MD, 2012 Jan 30

"Ask the Expert” features answers by our experts to your clinical questions. Question: What is the role of PET-CT in evaluating the interim response of lymphoma to treatment?Answer: That’s an interesting...

Ask the Expert: Ideal Management of Advanced Gastric DLBCL?

Andre Goy, MD, 2012 Jan 30

"Ask the Expert” features answers by our experts to your clinical questions. Question: What is the ideal management of advanced adult gastric DLBCL?Answer: Typically, an advanced large cell lymphoma in...

Ask the Expert: Is it Stage IIS or IIIS Lymphoma?

Andre Goy, MD, 2012 Jan 30

"Ask the Expert” features answers by our experts to your clinical questions. Question: If a patient has only supra-diaphragmatic lymphoma with splenic involvement, what is the stage of the disease (ie,...
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