Advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and treatment. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Guideline 2009 - an opportunity missed.

摘要

Evidence-based medicine has dramatically improved clinical standards, and oncology is blessed with perhaps more evidence than any other medical discipline on which to formulate sensible management guidelines. It is thus a great shame that the National institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in their guidelines on the management of advanced breast cancer have missed the opportunity to provide guidelines that will improve the management of nearly 11 000 women who die of this disease every year.