Breast cancer : a guide to detection and multidisciplinary therapy /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Torosian, Michael, 1952 April 23-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, 2002.
Series:Current clinical oncology (Totowa, N.J.)
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • I. Clinical management
  • Epidemiology and clinical risk factors
  • Breast imaging
  • Breast biopsy techniques
  • Clinical classifications of breast cancer
  • Breast-conserving surgery : lumpectomy with or without axillary dissection
  • Mastectomy
  • Breast reconstruction
  • Radiation therapy
  • Chemotherapy in breast cancer
  • Hormonal therapy of breast cancer
  • The role of surgery for metastatic breast cancer
  • Male breast cancer
  • Oncogenes in the development of breast cancer
  • II. Special clinical situations
  • Primary chemotherapy
  • Axillay adenopathy as the initial presentation of breast cancer
  • Breast cancer during pregnancy
  • Local-regional recurrence in breast cancer
  • Nipple discharge
  • Sarcoma and lymphoma of the breast : presentation, diagnosis, and treatment
  • III. Current controversies and research
  • Breast conservation without radiation therapy for carcinoma of the breast
  • Axillary node dissection in breast cancer
  • Internal mammary lymph nodes : management and other controversies
  • High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation for breast cancer
  • Immunotherapy and gene therapy for breast cancer