Annual Evidence Update on Breast Cancer: 13-17 October 2008

The Cancer Specialist Library will launch its 2008 Breast Cancer Annual Evidence Update on 13 October. The size of the literature in breast cancer is large so the scope of the Annual Evidence Update has been divided into sections, which will consider:

• Causes, risks and prevention
• Screening
• Assessment and diagnosis
• Service delivery and standards
• Treatment and disease management - Biological therapy
• Treatment and disease management - Chemotherapy
• Treatment and disease management - Hormone therapy
• Treatment and disease management - Radiotherapy
• Treatment and disease management - Surgery
• Other therapies
• Psychosocial, quality of life and decision making
• Follow-up and miscellaneous topics

The resources included in the update are mostly systematic reviews and some guidance published in the preceding year (2007-2008). Where possible we will provide links to the full text and where these are not available to the abstract. The Cancer Specialist Library conducts on-going literature searches and the resources presented in the Annual Evidence Update are the most recently published material that has been indexed in the international databases we search. We welcome feedback about the resources included in this update - do contact us if you would like to comment.

Find out more at http://www.library.nhs.uk/cancer