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Breast cancer

S. Eva Singletary

(M.D. Anderson solid tumor oncology series)

Springer, c1999

  • : hardcover

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

A reference on state-of-the-art multi-modality care for breast cancer. Divided into five sections, the text presents specialists addressing the status of breast imaging, breast pathology, the role of breast surgery, including management of "in situ" and early stage carcinoma, prophylatic mastectomy, auxillary node dissection, sentinel node and lymphatic mapping, and outpatient mastectomy. They also cover special selected topics featuring breast cancer in pregnancy, inflammatory breast cancer and breast sarcoma. There is a section on future research, reviewing on-going use on "in situ" laser ablation, cryosurgery and translational research.

Table of Contents

  • Breast imaging: breast stereotactic biopsy
  • breast ultrasound
  • breast sestamibi
  • breast MRI. Breast pathology: FNA versus core biopsy
  • prognostic factors and clinical decision making
  • margin assessment. Breast surgery: management of "in situ" carcinoma
  • indications for prophylactic mastectomy
  • current status of axillary node dissection
  • sentinel node lymphatic mapping
  • skin-sparing mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction
  • breast conservation after tumour downstaging
  • indications for postmastectomy irradiation. Special problems: inherited breast cancer
  • breast cancer in pregnancy
  • Paget's Disease of the nipple areolar complex
  • breast sarcoma
  • male breast cancer
  • inflammatory breast cancer. "In situ" laser ablation: cryosurgery
  • translational research.

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