The role of chemotherapy, hormonal and biological treatment in breast cancer therapy

The bachelor thesis deals with the pharmacological treatment of breast cancer. Breast tumours are the most common cancer in women in the Czech Republic, therefore, in the introduction attention is paid to its incidence and mortality. Furthermore, the theo-retical part of the thesis briefly describes the basics of breast anatomy and physiology, explains the differences between benign and malignant breast tumours and also fo-cuses on the origin and diagnosis of this disease. The chapter on systemic treatment describes the main topic of the thesis - pharmacological therapy of breast cancer, inc-luding chemotherapeutic, hormonal and biological treatment. The aim of the bachelor thesis was to determine the level of patients' awareness of the possible risks of pharmacological treatment. The actual side effects of the treatment are described in the theoretical part of the thesis