Textbook of breast cancer : a clinical guide to therapy
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Textbook of breast cancer : a clinical guide to therapy
M. Dunitz, 1997
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Includes bibliographies and index
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Description
This textbook provides a background to the various therapies and supportive care for breast cancer patients. It includes sections on new chemotherapy drugs and hormones. The text contains contributions from an international team of experts in the field.
Table of Contents
- Epidemiology and screening
- pathology
- prognostic factors
- genetic counselling
- current role of surgeon in collaborating with medical oncologists
- primary chemotherapy
- conventional adjuvant chemotherapy
- conventional adjuvant hormonal therapy
- locally advanced breast cancer
- routine management of disseminated disease
- salvage therapy after adjuvant systemic therapy
- radiotherapy plus chemotherapy - concomitant or subsequent delivery
- long-term side effects from systemic drug therapy
- supportive therapy
- new chemotherapy drugs
- new hormones
- role of high-dose chemotherapy
- current role of growth factors in the management of breast cancer
- chemoprevention
- routine treatment vs controlled trials.
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