Diseases of the breast
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Diseases of the breast
Lippincott-Raven Publishers, c1996
Available at 18 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a study of the examination, diagnosis and treatment of all conditions of the breast. It offers a multidisciplinary approach to treatment that includes surgery, chemotherapy, endocrine therapy and radiation - alone or in combination. There are discussions of benign conditions, mammographic abnormalities and management of in-situ cancers, and there is information on adjuvant systemic therapy and the treatment of metastases.
Table of Contents
- Breast development and anatomy
- biochemical control of breast development
- aetiology and pathogenesis
- benign disorders
- clinical evaluation
- screening for breast cancer
- management of common breast disorders
- biopsy techniques
- management of the high-risk patient and the concerned patient
- prevention of breast cancer
- in-situ carcinomas
- natural history of breast cancer
- pathology
- molecular pathology
- staging
- prognostic and predictive factors
- treatment of early-stage breast cancer
- treatment of locally-advanced and inflammatory breast cancer
- reconstructive breast surgery
- follow-up after primary treatment
- local recurrence after masectomy or CS+RT
- treatment of metastic disease
- specific sites and emergencies
- special therapeutic problems
- patient rehabilitation and support
- organizing a breast centre
- basic tools for advancing knowledge in breast cancer.
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