First Prize, BMA Medical Book Awards 2013Breast cancers are now detected earlier and are thus more likely to be confined to the breast itself and regional nodes. Many of these tumours will have minimal proclivity for hematogenous dissemination and formation of micrometastases. On the other hand, some patients have micrometastatic diseases which can

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Publisher

CRC Press

Year

2013

eBook ISBN

9781841848860

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Topic

Medicine

Subtopic

Gynecology, Obstetrics & Midwifery

Front Cover
Contents
Contributors
Preface
Foreword
Chapter 1. An introduction to screening for breast cancer
Chapter 2. Mammographic density as an early indicator of breast cancer
Chapter 3. Genetic predisposition and breast screening
Chapter 4. Application of new genomic technologies to breast cancer risk assessment
Chapter 5. Endocrine prevention of breast cancer
Chapter 6. The biological basis for breast cancer screening and its relevanceto treatment
Chapter 7. Interval cancers
Chapter 8. Survival advantage of screen-detected cancer over stage-matchedsymptomatic cancer
Chapter 9. Mammography screening for women under age 50
Chapter 10. Mammographic screening in women aged 50 years and above
Chapter 11. The organization of breast screening
Chapter 12. Quality assurance and evaluation of outcomes in the NHS breastscreening programme
Chapter 13. Clinical assessment of symptomatic patients
Chapter 14. Film reading and recall from screening mammography
Chapter 15. Radiology of the normal breast and differential diagnosis of benign breast lesions
Chapter 16. Breast masses
Chapter 17. Asymmetry and architectural distortion
Chapter 18. The radial scar
Chapter 19. Role of ultrasound in the diagnosis of breast cancer
Chapter 20. The role of MRI in preoperative evaluation and postoperative follow-up of breast cancer patients
Chapter 21. PET scanning and breast cancer management
Chapter 22. Core biopsy of breast lesions
Chapter 23. Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy
Chapter 24. Preoperative localization of impalpable breast lesions
Chapter 25. The normal breast and benign breast lesions
Chapter 26. Histological risk factors, prognostic indicators, and staging
Chapter 27. Premalignant and borderline lesions: ductal and lobular carcinoma in situ
Chapter 28. Invasive breast carcinoma
Chapter 29. Molecular investigation of breast cancer
Chapter 30. The role of multidisciplinary teams in breast cancer management
Chapter 31. Shared decision-making for breast cancer patients
Chapter 32. The evolving role of the breast care nurse in the management of patients with early breast cancer
Chapter 33. Informed consent in the management and research of breast cancer
Chapter 34. Ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast
Chapter 35. Principles of surgical treatment of invasive breast cancer
Chapter 36. The optimum resection margin in breast conservation surgery
Chapter 37. Skin-sparing forms of mastectomy
Chapter 38. Locoregional recurrence of breast cancer
Chapter 39. Management of the axilla I
Chapter 40. Management of the axilla II
Chapter 41. Radiation therapy following breast conserving surgery or mastectomy
Chapter 42. Partial breast irradiation
Chapter 43. Targeted intraoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer: not all cancers in the breast will grow
Chapter 44. Systemic hormonal therapies for early-stage breast cancer
Chapter 45. Adjuvant chemotherapy and biological therapies for early-stage breast cancer
Chapter 46. Primary systemic therapy in breast cancer
Chapter 47. Breast cancer in the elderly
Chapter 48. Breast cancer and pregnancy
Chapter 49. Male breast cancer
Chapter 50. Trends in the use of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy
Chapter 51. The principles of breast reconstructive surgery
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