Impact of molecular breast cancer portraits on new treatment strategies for gynecologic malignancies

摘要

In most regions of the world treatment of breast cancer is primarily the responsibility of surgical oncologists and medical oncologists. As such, the question arises why would gynecologists or gynecologic oncologists, whose primary focus of interest is to treat gynecologic malignancies such as ovarian, endometrial or cervical cancer, be interested in learning about new developments for the treatment of breast cancer. The five reviews on breast cancer included in this issue of Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology will give us an answer to this question. It can be assumed without doubt that understanding successful breast cancer treatment approaches and applying these same strategies to gynecologic malignancies could transform the dismal prospects patients face when diagnosed with ovarian cancer or advanced endometrial and cervical cancer.