Breast Disease Comprehensive Management /
Breast Disease: Comprehensive Management provides a clear, concise source of information in order to make real-life, evidence-based decisions for all aspects of breast disease, both benign and malignant. The volume provides the latest breakthroughs in breast cancer research, ranging from paradi...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015. |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1145-5 |
Table of Contents:
- Anatomy of the breast, axilla and chest wall
- Breast imaging
- Imaging and biopsy techniques performed in the office
- Localization techniques
- The initial consultation: benign disease
- Evaluation and treatment of benign breast disorders
- Management of breast pain
- Current management of the “high-risk” patient
- Current management of nipple discharge
- Pathology of benign disease
- Management of the breast abscess and other infectious / inflammatory processes
- Surgery for benign disease
- The initial consultation: malignant disease
- Epidemiology of breast cancer
- Pathology of breast cancer
- The emerging role of prophylactic mastectomy
- Genetic breast cancer and counseling
- Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy
- Current management of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
- Current management of Lobular Carcinoma In Situ (LCIS)
- Breast conserving therapy for invasive breast cancer
- Mastectomy for invasive breast cancer
- Emerging role of surgery for metastatic breast cancer
- Breast reconstruction following mastectomy
- Molecular medicine in treating breast cancer
- Chemotherapy
- Hormonal therapy
- Radiation therapy
- Triple-negative breast cancer
- Treatment of metastatic breast cancer
- Breast cancer survivorship
- The multidisciplinary breast cancer team
- The critical role of the patient navigator and nurse specialists
- The central role of the breast pathologist
- Special topics in the surgical management of locally advanced breast cancer
- The role of the surgeon with partial breast irradiation
- The emerging role of IORT Post-mastectomy complications.