Full Description
Breast Cancer covers the most recent clinical advances in this important and fast-moving area in a concise, practical, and very visually attractive manner. It is a concise and accessible text, enhanced with specially commissioned state-of-the-art computer graphics, and full color illustrations. It presents a comprehensive and very up-to-date account of all the important issues affecting the investigation, diagnosis and management of this disease, including molecular mechanisms and genetics, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery and systemic therapies, and all the very latest information on the new drugs available to treat this disease. Written by a world-class author team comprising a surgeon, chemotherapist and radiotherapist, Breast Cancer reflects the team approach taken to treat this life-threatening disease.Clear and accessible style that is easy to read and understand.Full colour illustration clearly explains difficult concepts. Clinical photographs reproduced as they appear in real life.Very up-to-date and provides timely adviceCovers current hot topics such as anti-estrogen therapy, providing clear advice on new issues which concern the readerInternational, multidisciplinary author team. with depth and breadth of knowledge.Key points boxes at opening of chapters to summarise current developments at a glance.
Contents
1. The problem2. Normal breast physiology: ANDI, breast symptoms3. Benign risk disease and disorders 4. Molecular basis of carcinoma of the breast (including family history genes) 5. Natural history of carcinoma of the breast: screening, diagnosing, imaging6. Pathology, prognostic and predictive factors 7. Surgical treatment of early disease (including axillary surgery and breast reconstruction) 8. Radiotherapy for breast cancer 9. Adjuvant systemic therapy 10. Locally advanced breast cancer treatment 11. Metastatic breast cancer management 12. In situ cancer 13. Unusual presentations of breast cancer 14. Breast cancer chemoprevention 15. The future
