Full Description
This book is a practical guide to the management of patients with breast malignancies. It serves as a quick reference book that gives the most up-to-date routine practical management strategies of breast cancer. Written and edited by leading experts, this handbook focuses on the application of conventional and novel treatment strategies to the care of patients with malignant breast disease and all stages of breast cancer. The chapters provide evidence-based treatment strategies for all patient subsets. Surgical, radiation, and medical treatment options are all discussed for each stage of breast cancer. It also includes the definitions of statistical terminologies and their usage in clinical practice and research. This is a comprehensive yet concise resource for residents, fellows, and early-career practitioners.
Contents
1. Decision Pathways In Breast Cancer Management.- 2. Pathology of Breast Dısease.- 2-1Pathology of Breast Cancer.- 2.2 Mesenchymal and Fibroepithelial Tumors of The Breast.- 2.3 Intraoperative Pathological Examination of Breast Lesions.- 2.4 Prognostic and Predictive Factors.- 3. Breast Imaging.- 4. Surgical Approach for Breast Cancer.- 5. Adjuvant Systemic Therapy for Breast Cancer.- 5.1 Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Her-2 Negative Breast Cancer.- 5.2 Adjuvant Therapy for Her2-Positive Early-Stage Breast Cancer.- 5.3 Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy.- 6. Adjuvant Radiation Therapy.- 7. Preoperative Systemic Therapy For Breast Cancer.- 7.1 Preoperative Therapy for Operable Breast Cancer.- 7.2 Preoperative Systemic Therapy: Locally Advanced Breast Cancer.- 7.3 Inflammatory Breast Cancer.- 8. Systemic Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer.- 8.1 Her2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer.- 8.2 Her2-Overexpressing Metastatic Breast Cancer.- 8.3 Hormone Receptor Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer.- 9.Biostatistical and Epidemiological Terms Frequently Used In Breast Disease Research.
