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Breast cancer - suspected

EEED * Oncology and Palliatwe Care / Oncology / Breast cancer

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Last reviewed 29 Oct-2009 (?) Due for review 31 May 2011 (?)

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Scope

• the diaonosts and manaoement of breast cancerp in women. including treatment strategies. management of local recurrence. and metastabc cancer

Out of scope:

•    population screening for breast cancer

•    strategies for earty detection m high nsk groups. including genetic testmg and management of familiai breast cancers

•    breast cancer inmales

•    bemgn breast tumours

•    hmohoma £> and anoiosarcoma of the breast

•    breast cancer inpregnancy

Definition:

•    breast cancer is a cancer of breast tissue which originates in the breast

The main types of breast cancer are

•    ductal carcmoma in situ (DC1S)£>

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