Breast Cancer

A Guide to Detection and Multidisciplinary Therapy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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Provides a variety of treatment options available for the management of breast cancer patients. This work reviews the clinical aspects of breast cancer, including, epidemiology and risk factors, breast imaging, biopsy techniques, breast-conserving surgery and reconstruction, mastectomy, and developments in radiation, hormonal, and chemotherapy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2002-04-04
Mått178 x 254 x 25 mm
Vikt881 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCurrent Clinical Oncology
Antal sidor346
FörlagHumana Press Inc.
ISBN9780896038394

Tillhör följande kategorier

Onkologi inom Medicin

I Clinical Management.- 1 Epidemiology and Clinical Risk Factors.- 2 Breast Imaging.- 3 Breast Biopsy Techniques.- 4 Clinical Classifications of Breast Cancer.- 5 Breast-Conserving Surgery: Lumpectomy With or Without Axillary Dissection.- 6 Mastectomy.- 7 Breast Reconstruction.- 8 Radiation Therapy.- 9 Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer.- 10 Hormonal Therapy of Breast Cancer.- 11 The Role of Surgery for Metastatic Breast Cancer.- 12 Male Breast Cancer.- 13 Oncogenes in the Development of Breast Cancer.- II Special Clinical Situations.- 14 Primary Chemotherapy.- 15 Axillary Adenopathy as the Initial Presentation of Breast Cancer.- 16 Breast Cancer During Pregnancy.- 17 Local-Regional Recurrence in Breast Cancer.- 18 Nipple Discharge.- 19 Sarcoma and Lymphoma of the Breast: Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment.- III Current Controversies and Research.- 20 Breast Conservation Without Radiation Therapy for Carcinoma of the Breast.- 21 Axillary Node Dissection in Breast Cancer.- 22 Internal Mammary Lymph Nodes: Management and Other Controversies.- 23 High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Breast Cancer.- 24 Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy for Breast Cancer.

"The great strength of the book is its multidisciplinary format. In virtually all aspects of cancer treatment, optimal cancer management is becoming a coordinated effort among multiple experts. Breast Cancer...seeks to gather experts from a wide array of oncology disciplines to provide the reader with a broad and balanced perspective on the optimal management of breast cancer." - Robert C. Young, MD, President, American Cancer Society "We have here a well-illustrated, concisely prepared "state of the art" text, with which most questions about mammary cancer can be competently answered. A book for everyone who takes care of women (and men) with breast cancer" - Swiss Surg "The presented book is really an up-to-date source of the modern achievements for various fields of breast cancer managements. The excellently prepared book can be fully recommended to a wide scale of specialists, as medical oncologists, radiologists, surgeons, internal medicine specialists and even for primary care physicians." -Neoplasma