Breast Cancer / Edition 1

by Barth Hoogstraten, J.-C. Bailar, Ian Burn, H. Bohmert, H. Julian G. Bloom

Overview

This monograph gives a complete update on breast cancer, an update that has been sorely lacking in the literature for over a decade. Part I deals with pathology, diagnosis, and other aspects. The excellent chapter on pathology features numerous photographs. The chapter on the psychological impact of breast cancer is also unique. Part II discusses all modern treatment procedures. These include not only the conservative and radical aspects of surgery, but also limited surgery. Frontline radiotherapy is presented in detail as well as the technical aspects of radiotherapy of the breast. Chemotherapy and hormone therapy are described as adjuvant therapy or as primary therapy for advanced breast cancer. This up-to-date volume should be on the bookshelf of every oncologist and radiotherapist.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540505952
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	09/27/1989
Series:	UICC Current Treatment of Cancer
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Pages:	287
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.53(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

I: Pathology, Diagnosis, and Other Aspects of Breast Cancer.- 1. Epidemiology of Breast Cancer.- 2. Histopathology of Breast Carcinoma and Related Conditions.- 3. Screening for Breast Cancer.- 4. Diagnosis of Breast Cancer.- 5. Methodologies for Hormone-Receptor Determination.- 6. Biological Principles of Endocrine Therapy.- 7. Psychological Aspects of Breast Cancer: One Nation’s Approach to an International Problem.- 8. Recent Changes in Incidence, Mortality, and Survival Rates.- 9. Contribution of Clinical Trials to the Study of Breast Cancer.- II: Treatment of Breast Cancer.- 10. Radical Surgery: Rationale, Indications, and Techniques.- 11. Indications and Techniques of Limited Breast Surgery.- 12. Radiation Therapy as Primary Treatment.- 13. Radiation After Limited and Radical Surgery.- 14. Adjuvant Therapy of Breast Cancer.- 15. Role of Reconstructive Surgery After Mastectomy.- 16. Management of Advanced Local Disease.- 17. Chemotherapy of Advanced Disease.- 18. Endocrine Therapy of Advanced Breast Cancer.- 19. Special Problems in the Management of Advanced Breast Cancer.

Editorial Reviews

Nineteen contributions address pathology, diagnosis, and all modern treatment procedures. Major areas of continued uncertainty are discussed, among them, the management of genuinely early breast cancer. Emotional and psychological effects are also studied. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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