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Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment

Uniquely designed for oncologists and general practitioners, this book offers clinicians comprehensive guidelines when dealing with women at high risk for breast cancer. Written by experts in the field on the cutting edge of this research, the following questions will be answered for the reader by t...

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Main Authors: Mina, Lida A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Storniolo, Anna Maria. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kipfer, Hal Douglas. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Hunter, Cindy. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ludwig, Kandice K. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Subjects:
Oncology  .
Primary care (Medicine).
Gynecology .
Oncology.
Primary Care Medicine.
Gynecology.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19437-0
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to breast cancer: The Magnitude of the problem
  • 2. Risk Factors for Breast Cancer
  • 3. Defining the population at elevated risk for Breast Cancer: Risk Models
  • 4. Genetic predisposition and Genetic screening
  • 5. The BRCA patient population
  • 6. Women with benign proliferative breast disease
  • 7. Approach to Imaging
  • 8. Chemoprevention
  • 9. Lifestyle and Breast Cancer
  • 10. Obesity and Inflammation
  • 11. Conclusion/the Future/ Komen Tissue Bank/Clinical Trials.

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