Breast Cancer A Practical Guide. 3e

Totally updated, including data from ASCO 2005, and revised to
include a synopsis of the current wealth of literature available,
this best-selling text still retains its original purpose which is to
provide an indispensable compendium of all the current information
and studies on breast cancer. Allowing oncologists, primary care
physicians, medical students and nurses to base their practice on the
current evidence found in the literature, this book is essential for
ensuring that practice is evidence based.




Features


Written in concise outline format emphasizing the key concepts.
Results of key studies summarized in 5-10 lines each with key data
always presented.
Comprehensive index allowing quick and easy access to the information
presented in the book.
Cross referencing of specific disease entities and generic / trade
names where appropriate.





What's New


New format design in two colour throughout
New illustrations
Totally updated and revised to include key information published in
journals over the last three years
Updated information on key studies
Retains its highly successful original format
Totally brought up to date for the modern practitioner





Contents
1 BENIGN BREAST DISEASE BREAST CARCINOMA 2 HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER 3
EPIDEMIOLOGY 4 RISK FACTORS 5 SCREENING 6 IMAGING STUDIES 7
EVALUATION OF A PALPABLE BREAST MASS AND NIPPLE DISCHARGE 8 BREAST
PATHOLOGY 9 STAGING 10 PROGNOSTIC FACTORS NON-INVASIVE CANCER:
CARCINOMA IN SITU 11 DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ) 12 LCIS (Lobular
Carcinoma In Situ) 13 ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION (APBI)
INVASIVE CANCER 14 SURGICAL TREATMENT 15 POST-MASTECTOMY RADIOTHERAPY
16 AXILLARY LYMPH NODE DISSECTION (ALND) 17 AXILLARY LYMPH NODE
IRRADIATION 18 BREAST RECONSTRUCTION AFTER MASTECTOMY 19 STAGE III
DISEASE 20 PRIMARY CHEMOTHERAPY 21 ADJUVANT Chemo THERAPY IN PRE- AND
POST-MENOPAUSAL 22 ADJUVANT ENDOCRINE THERAPY IN PRE- AND POST-
MENOPAUSAL 23 LOCAL BREAST RECURRENCE 24 METASTATIC BREAST CANCER
PRESENTATIONS AND MANAGEMENT 25 ENDOCRINE THERAPY FOR METASTATIC
BREAST CANCER 26 STANDARD CHEMOTHERAPY FOR METASTATIC BREAST CANCER
27 BREAST CANCER AND THE ELDERLY 28 SIDE EFFECTS OF CHEMOTHERAPY 29
INVESTIGATIONAL AGENTS 30 HIGH-DOSE THERAPY 31 PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES IN
BREAST CANCER 32 BREAST CANCER AND DEPRESSION 33 FOLLOWING BREAST
CANCER PATIENTS 34 MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT UNUSUAL
PRESENTATIONS 35 PAGET DISEASE 36 BREAST CANCER AND PREGNANCY 37
PHYLLODES TUMOR 38 OCCULT BREAST CANCER PRESENTING AS A SOLITARY
AXILLARY MASS 39 PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES IN BREAST CANCER 40 MALE
BREAST 41 CHEMOPREVENTION 42 CARE OF THE DYING PATIENT 43 ISSUES IN
BREAST CANCER LIABILITY A1 National Breast Cancer Support
Organisations A2 Breast Cancer Local Support Groups in the USA A3
CHARGES RELATED TO BREAST CANCER TREATMENT IN THE U.S.A. & EUROPE