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Preface to Second Review Issue on Breast Cancer

Juravinski Cancer Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Patricia A. Ganz

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA

Eleftherios P. Mamounas

Aultman Hospital, Canton, OH

It is almost 2 years since the Journal's first Review Issue on breast cancer was published. Since that time there have been many advances in the field, and it is our pleasure to bring you the second issue on breast cancer. This time, we used a different format. In the first edition, we included state-of-the-art reviews with accompanying commentaries. In this edition, the focus is on the former type of article only. Some of the topics covered previously are now updated, describing research advances and changes in practice. Examples include endocrine therapy for premenopausal and postmenopausal women; imaging of operable breast cancer; controversies related to sentinel node biopsy; and biomarkers for prognosis and predicting therapy. In addition, here we cover important new topics that were not incorporated into the first edition, including survivorship issues related to premature menopause, fatigue, cognitive disturbances, and follow-up care. Finally, to discuss the evolving and challenging area of preoperative chemotherapy, we capitalized on the opportunity of soliciting manuscripts from authors who participated in a National Cancer Institute–sponsored symposium on preoperative chemotherapy for breast cancer, which occurred in March 2007.

The resulting Review Issue is a marvelous compendium of 17 articles on a full range of topics in breast cancer. We are grateful of the work of the authors, and we wish you pleasant reading!

AUTHORS’ DISCLOSURES OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

The author(s) indicated no potential conflicts of interest.

AUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONS

Manuscript writing: Mark N. Levine, Patricia A. Ganz, Eleftherios P. Mamounas

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