Written by a team from leading cancer centres in Europe, including the UK's Royal Marsden Hospital, the Handbook of
Metastatic Breast Cancer, Second Edition provides advanced scientific information and guidance on clinical problems
associated with metastatic breast cancer.
Table of Contents
1.Introduction
Stephen RD Johnston; Charles Swanton
2.The prognostic and predictive value of gene expression signatures in breast cancer
Hatem A. Azim, Jr., Debora Fumagalli, Christos Sotiriou
Section I ?Systemic Treatments
3.Targeting ER positive metastatic breast cancer
Stephen RD Johnston
4.Targeting HER2+ and Trastuzumab Resistant metastatic breast cancer
Javier Cortes
5.Targeting Triple Negative Sporadic and hereditary BRCA related metastatic Breast Cancer
Sarah Barton; Nick Turner
6.Chemotherapy and metastatic breast cancer
Charles Swanton
7.Bisphosphonates and their role in metastatic breast cancer
David A Cameron
8.Targeting Angiogenesis in Metastatic Breast Cancer
David Miles
Section II ?Imaging and Response Assessment
9.Imaging in the management of metastatic breast cancer
David MacVicar
10.Positron emission tomography/computed tomography in metastatic breast cancer
Bhupinder Sharma; Asim Afaq
11.Novel biomarker approaches for improving therapeutic strategies in metastatic breast cancer
Roberta Ferraldeschi; Gerhardt Attard
Section III ?Local Treatment Options
12.Palliative radiotherapy in the management of metastatic breast cancer
Anthony Chalmers; Richard Simcock
13.Management of neurological complications in metastatic breast cancer
Adrian Casey; Syed MR Kabir
14.Thoracic complications
George Ladas
15.Orthopaedic complications
Kuldeep K Stohr; Stuart C Evans
16.Thermal ablation of hepatic metastases
Andy Adam
17.Palliative Care and Metastatic Breast Cancer
Jayne Wood; Anna-Marie Stevens
18.Specialist Support Services and Information Needs for Patients
Melissa Warren; Diane Mackie