Changing Paradigms in Breast Cancer Therapeutics: An Extended Abstract

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer in women worldwide, with an incidence of 1,671,000 and a mortality of 522,000 according to GLOBOCAN 2012 [1] . Over the past several decades, breast cancer has increased in incidence, but in regions of the world with access to cancer care, mortality has decreased. During the same time, our understanding of the pathophysiology of breast cancer has changed dramatically.