ABC of Breast Diseases, 3rd Edition

by Editor: J. Michael Dixon (Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK)

• ISBN13: 9781444312867
• ISBN10: 1444312863
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: BMJ Books

Summary

Covers all the recent advances in screening, helping with the assessment of symptoms, prognosis and treatments of breast diseasesBreast diseases are becoming more and more common and health professionals in almost every field will probably come into contact with a patient who has a breast disorder. This third edition provides an account of the current knowledge on benign and malignant breast conditions and the treatment of them.It covers all the recent advances in screening and adjuvant treatment, including the new aromatase inhibitor clinical trials and improvements in metastatic disease treatment. New chapters on prognosis and clinical trials have also been added.Edited and written by experts in the field, this book appeals to a wide readership including general practitioners, practice nurses, breast care nurses, surgeons or oncologists in training, and medical students. It contains such a wealth of knowledge it will also be a valuable source of information for established breast surgeons and oncologists.Helping to assist the assessment of symptoms, prognosis and treatments of breast diseases.

Table of Contents

Symptoms, Assessment, and Guidelines for Referral

Congenital Problems and Aberrations of Normal Development and Involution

Mastalgia

Breast Infection

Breast Cancer-epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Genetics

Screening for Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer

Management of Regional Nodes in Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer: Treatment of Elderly Patients and Uncommon Conditions

Role of Systemic Treatment of Primary Operable Breast Cancer

Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

Metastatic Breast Cancer

Prognostic Factors

Clinical Trials of Management of Early Breast Cancer

Psychological Aspects

Carcinoma in Situ and Patients at High Risk of Breast Cancer

Breast Reconstruction

Index

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