Breast Cancer New Horizons in Research and Treatment

by Tobias, Jeffrey S.; Houghton, Joan; Henderson, I. Craig

• ISBN13: 9780340742167
• ISBN10: 034074216X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-25
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

This comprehensive text on breast cancer, currently the major and most frequently fatal type of cancer in women of the western world, concentrates on new research in both the laboratory and the clinical setting. The text includes a substantial section on the possible hazards, shortcomings and benefits of breast cancer screening which remains an area of considerable controversy, and describes in detail current a future treatments with an emphasis on the latest research findings. The authors represent an international group of highly respected authorities, with editorship shared by a UK clinician, a UK expert in clinical trails and a US clinician/researcher.

Table of Contents

From the laboratory to clinic: breast cancer at the turn of the century

Trends in mortality from breast cancer

Changing philosophical perspectives in breast cancer

Biochemical and biological markers of breast cancer progression

Prognostic and predictive factors in invasice breast cancer

How do anti-estrogens work?

Novel chemotherapy agents for treatment of breast cancer

Early detection and prevention

Identifying and counseling women at high risk of developing breast cancer

Early detection and prevention: benefits, costs and limitations of screening

Hazards, disadvantages and drawbacks of breast cancer screening

The psychological costs of breast screening

Methodological issues in the design of chemoprevention trials

Chemoprevention with tamoxifen: known benefits and toxicity

Could cytotoxic chemotherapy have a future in the chemoprevention of breast cancer

Current and future management

To dissect or not: what is the role of auxiliary surgery in management and research?

Neoadjuvant systemic primary therapy- is surgery the true adjuvant?

Adjuvant radiotherapy in the management of elderly breast cancer

Moving the goalposts-a review of clinical trial strategies in early breast cancer

Chemotherapy for postmenopausal patients with primary breast cancer

New concepts in the treatment of breast cancer using high-dose chemotherapy

Adjuvant systemic chemotherapy: where do we go from here?

Hormonal therapy for advanced breast cancer

Improving the quality of care for breast cancer patients

Variations in practice and healthcare delivery of surgical management of breast cancer

Linking research to the management of breast cancer

What can patients contribute to the design of clinical trials?

Variations in the management of breast cancer: Do the matter and what can be done?

Measuring quality of life in patients treated for breast cancer

Hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer risk

Breast cancer and pregnancy

An integrated policy for breast cancer management and research

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