TY - JOUR
T1 - Optimizing the management of advanced breast cancer in the Asia-Pacific region
T2 - Role of clinical trials and treatment guidelines
AU - Chen, Shin Cheh
AU - Chang, Alex Yuang Chi
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - There is an urgent need to identify the best ways to manage breast cancer in women in the Asia-Pacific region. It is increasingly recognized that disease patterns, efficacy and toxicities of various treatment regimens, differ between Asia-Pacific women and women in the West. Despite these differences, breast cancer treatment in the Asia-Pacific region often follows evidence-based treatment guidelines based on Western clinical trials. To obtain the best possible outcomes in the Asia-Pacific region, country-specific breast cancer clinical trials and registries are crucial. Findings should be integrated into country-specific consensus treatment guidelines. These measures would facilitate the best choice of drugs, the optimal doses, and the optimal schedules for treating women with breast cancer in the Asia-Pacific region.
AB - There is an urgent need to identify the best ways to manage breast cancer in women in the Asia-Pacific region. It is increasingly recognized that disease patterns, efficacy and toxicities of various treatment regimens, differ between Asia-Pacific women and women in the West. Despite these differences, breast cancer treatment in the Asia-Pacific region often follows evidence-based treatment guidelines based on Western clinical trials. To obtain the best possible outcomes in the Asia-Pacific region, country-specific breast cancer clinical trials and registries are crucial. Findings should be integrated into country-specific consensus treatment guidelines. These measures would facilitate the best choice of drugs, the optimal doses, and the optimal schedules for treating women with breast cancer in the Asia-Pacific region.
KW - Asia-Pacific
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Clinical trials
KW - Treatment guidelines
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=57649135009&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1743-7563.2008.00192.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1743-7563.2008.00192.x
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:57649135009
SN - 1743-7555
VL - 4
SP - S24-S29
JO - Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
JF - Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology
IS - SUPPL. 3
ER -