Circulating tumor cells, disease progression, and survival in metastatic breast cancer

M Cristofanilli, GT Budd, MJ Ellis… - … England Journal of …, 2004 - Mass Medical Soc
… In a prospective, multicenter study, we tested 177 patients with measurable metastatic breast
cancer for levels of circulating tumor cells both before the patients were to start a new line …

Prognosis of metastatic breast cancer: are there differences between patients with de novo and recurrent metastatic breast cancer?

DJA Lobbezoo, RJW Van Kampen, AC Voogd… - … journal of cancer, 2015 - nature.com
metastatic breast cancer had a prolonged survival compared with patients with recurrent
metastatic breast cancer … in survival of patients with de novo metastatic breast cancer compared …

Does aggressive local therapy improve survival in metastatic breast cancer?

SA Khan, AK Stewart, M Morrow - Surgery, 2002 - Elsevier
… This current study highlights a growing appreciation that local regional treatment may,
indeed, have a greater influence on breast cancer survival than we have thought previously. …

Psychological coping mechanisms and survival time in metastatic breast cancer

LR Derogatis, MD Abeloff, N Melisaratos - Jama, 1979 - jamanetwork.com
… Thirty-five women with metastatic breast cancer received a battery of baseline psychological
tests; results were correlated with length of survival. Patients who died in less than one year …

Survival with metastatic breast cancer based on initial presentation, de novo versus relapsed

…, E Baxter, SK Tyldesley, CA Lohrisch - Breast cancer research …, 2017 - Springer
… IV or “de novo” metastatic at presentation. In … I-III cancers will relapse with metastatic disease
at some future time [1–5]. While median overall survival (mOS) for metastatic breast cancer (…

The effect of group psychosocial support on survival in metastatic breast cancer

PJ Goodwin, M Leszcz, M Ennis… - … England Journal of …, 2001 - Mass Medical Soc
… The addition of supportive–expressive group therapy to standard care for women with
metastatic breast cancer did not influence survival in our study. Women in the intervention group …

Current challenges of metastatic breast cancer

B Lim, GN Hortobagyi - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2016 - Springer
… in the survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer remains … metastatic breast cancer.
First, we review our current knowledge of metastatic breast cancer, including incidence, survival

Prognostic factors predicting survival from first recurrence in patients with metastatic breast cancer: analysis of 439 patients

A Insa, A Lluch, F Prosper, I Marugan… - Breast cancer research …, 1999 - Springer
… In the current study, we have analyzed 439 women with metastatic breast cancer treated
at a single institution in order to identify potential prognostic factors associated with survival

Supportive‐expressive group therapy for women with metastatic breast cancer: survival and psychosocial outcome from a randomized controlled trial

DW Kissane, B Grabsch, DM Clarke… - … of Cancer, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… therapy on survival in women with metastatic breast cancer. … therapy programme with
metastatic breast cancer patients. … support on survival in metastatic breast cancer. N Engl J Med …

Factors responsible for long-term survival in metastatic breast cancer

K Kontani, S Hashimoto, C Murazawa… - World journal of surgical …, 2014 - Springer
survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) has been significantly prolonged over
the past decade due to improvement of anti-cancer … have long-term survival with treatment. …