Breast cancer imaging : a multidisciplinary, multimodality approach /

Through a case-based approach, this book illustrates the best practices for all facets of breast cancer imaging - from screening of asymptomatic patients to cancer staging, identifying metastases, and assessing efficacy of treatment - in a succinct, practical source. Contributing authors from a wide...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tartar, Marie
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Comstock, Christopher E., Kipper, Michael S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Mosby/Elsevier, ©2008.
Series:ClinicalKey.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Through a case-based approach, this book illustrates the best practices for all facets of breast cancer imaging - from screening of asymptomatic patients to cancer staging, identifying metastases, and assessing efficacy of treatment - in a succinct, practical source. Contributing authors from a wide range of subspecialties provide well-rounded guidance to meet the needs of today₂s multidisciplinary work environment. Presents multidisciplinary discussions on the advantages and/or limitations of all available modalities. Includes advice from leading experts on cross-sectional imaging, breast imaging, and PET/CT, with input from radiation oncology, medical oncology, and breast surgery, to span the complete spectrum of care from screening to diagnosis to treatment, reflecting today₂s team approach to patient care. Covers all imaging modalities to help you correlate disease presentations on mammography, CT, MR, US, and PET images. Offers a very practical, clinical, concise approach to the subject in a case-based format. Provides over 1,000 high-resolution images of disease appearance for comparison with the findings you encounter in your practice.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 614 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780323076180
0323076181