Breast Disease. Management and Therapies, Volume 2

Description:

This second updated volume on breast cancer provides a comprehensive overview of its clinical management and current therapies. Updated to reflect the changes in breast cancer staging, the progress in immunotherapy approaches, as well as the latest guidelines for therapies, this book brings readers up to speed with the latest therapeutic regimens in breast cancer and provides an in-depth account of current and new therapeutic approaches. The most important phase III trials, high quality meta-analysis, consensus reports and guidelines are extensively discussed in this new edition and provide the reader with the most up-to-date information.Divided in themed parts, the book examines invasive breast cancer, pre-operative systemic therapy surgical management and recurrence among others, thus providing an in-depth account of breast cancer at the clinical stage. Among the themed parts are a section dedicated to special therapeutic problems, such as breast cancer in older women, Paget’s disease and phyllodes tumors and a section on supportive and follow-up care. By adopting a multidisciplinary approach to breast cancer, this book is a must-have for breast cancer practitioners. With a high number of colored illustrations and edited by highly experienced clinicians, this work enables readers to gain an interdisciplinary perspective on breast diseases. Contributions from an international team of experts present invaluable insight into clinical practice across different settings. Covering both theoretical and practical aspects of breast cancer, this is a highly informative and carefully presented book which will appeal to an international audience of medical, radiation and surgical oncologists.

Table of Contents:

Part I. Invasive Breast Cancer

1. Biopsy Techniques in Nonpalpable or Palpable Breast Lesions

2. Evaluation of Patients for Metastases Prior to Primary Therapy

3. Breast Cancer Staging

4. Surgical Treatment of Early-Stage Breast Cancer

5. Evaluation of Axillary Nodes

6. Breast Reconstruction

7. Adjuvant Systemic Therapy: Endocrine Therapy

8. Adjuvant Systemic Chemotherapy for HER2-Negative Disease

9. Adjuvant Therapy for HER-2-Positive Early Breast Cancer

10. Post-Mastectomy Adjuvant Radiotherapy (PMRT)

11. Adjuvant Radiation Therapy After Preoperative Chemotherapy

12. Breast-Conserving Therapy: Hypofractionated and Conventional Whole-Breast Irradiation and Accelerated Partial-Breast Irradiation

Part II. Preoperative Systemic Therapy

13. Preoperative Therapy for Operable Breast Cancer

14. Neoadjuvant Hormonal Therapy in Breast Cancer

15. Systemic Therapy for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

16. Systemic Therapy for Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Part III. Surgical Management of Patient with Preoperative Systemic Therapy

17. Surgical Treatment in Operable Breast Cancer After Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy

18. Surgical Management of Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

19. Surgical Management of Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Part IV. Special Therapeutic Problems

20. Occult Primary Breast Cancer with Axillary Metastases

21. Breast Cancer in Older Women

22. Male Breast Cancer

23. Breast Cancer in Pregnancy

24. Paget’s Disease of the Breast

25. Phyllodes Tumors of the Breast

26. Nonepithelial Malignancies of the Breast

Part V. Evaluation After Primary Therapy and Management of Recurrent Breast Cancer

27. Surveillance of Patients Following Primary Therapy

28. Surgery for the Primary Tumor in Patients with De Novo Stage IV Breast Cancer

29. Local-Regional Recurrence After Breast-Conservation Treatment or Mastectomy

30. Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer: Endocrine Therapy

31. Treatment of HER2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy

32. Treatment of HER2-Overexpressing Metastatic Breast Cancer

33. End-of-Life Considerations in Patients with Breast Cancer

Part VI. New Breast Cancer Therapeutic Approaches

34. Angiogenesis Inhibition in Breast Cancer

35. Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors

36. Immunotherapy in Breast Cancer

Part VII. Site-Specific Therapy of Metastatic Breast Cancer

37. Neurological Metastases

38. Ocular Metastases

39. Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions in Breast Cancer

40. Management of Discrete Pulmonary Nodules

41. Management of Isolated Liver Metastasis

42. Bone-Directed Therapy and Breast Cancer: Bisphosphonates, Monoclonal Antibodies, and Radionuclides

43. The Local Management of Bone Metastases

Part VIII. Review of the Breast Cancer Management

44. A Review of Local and Systemic Therapy in Breast Cancer

Part IX. Supportive Care in Breast Cancer

45. Nursing Care and Management

46. Psychosocial Adaptation During and After Breast Cancer

47. Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema

48. Reproductive Issues in Breast Cancer

49. Onco-Cardiology for Breast Cancer

50. Long-Term Complications and Management

51. Systemic Treatment Drugs/Regimens and Dose Modifications

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