High-Risk Breast Cancer : Therapy /

The main problems and results of the therapy given to high-risk breast cancer patients are reviewed in this volume by leading investigators. Their approach assumes that a quantitative assessment of the risk has been made at diagnosis, which permits selective therapies for individual patients. This i...

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Main Author: Ragaz, Joseph
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ariel, Irving M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1991.
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Summary:The main problems and results of the therapy given to high-risk breast cancer patients are reviewed in this volume by leading investigators. Their approach assumes that a quantitative assessment of the risk has been made at diagnosis, which permits selective therapies for individual patients. This is the most effective way to avoid overtreating the low-risk and undertreating the high-risk patient.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 517 pages 64 illustrations)
ISBN:9783642747281 (electronic bk.)
3642747280 (electronic bk.)