Management of breast diseases
By: Ismail Jatoi, Manfred Kaufmann, eds
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Heidelberg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 671
ISBN-13: 9783540697428; 9783540697435
Subjects: Breast Neoplasms; Therapy; Diseases; Medicine; Breast Diseases; Breast; Treatment
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Anatomy and physiology of the breast; title: Congenital and developmental abnormalities of the breast; title: Nipple discharge; title: Mastalgia; title: Management of common lactation and breastfeeding problems; title: Evaluation of a breast mass; title: Breast cancer epidemiology; title: Breast cancer screening; title: Breast imaging; title: Premalignant and malignant breast pathology; title: Lobular carcinoma in situ; title: Ductal carcinoma in situ; title: Surgical considerations in the management of primary invasive breast cancer; title: Sentinel node concept; title: Breast reconstructive surgery; title: The role of radiotherapy in breast cancer management.; title: Adjuvant systemic therapy for breast cancer: an overview; title: Endocrine therapy; title: Chemotherapeutic agents; title: HER2-targeted therapy; title: Inflammatory and locally advanced breast cancer; title: Preoperative (neoadjuvant) systemic therapy; title: Metastatic breast cancer; title: Hormone replacement therapy: a critical review; title: Breast diseases in males; title: Breast cancer in the elderly; title: Breast cancer in younger women; title: Psychological support for the breast cancer patient; title: Management of the patient with a genetic predisposition for breast cancer; title: Chemoprevention of breast cancer; title: Design, implementation, and interpretation of clinical trials; title: Structure of breast care center; title: Medicolegal pitfalls in breast cancer diagnosis and management.