Breast cancer /

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Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:New York : Springer, c2008.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 561 p.) : ill.
Language:English
Series:M.D. Anderson cancer care series
M.D. Anderson cancer care series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8884757
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Other authors / contributors:Hunt, Kelly K.
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
ISBN:9780387349527
0387349529
0387349502
9780387349503
9786611140922
6611140921
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Summary:Provides access to multimodality therapies in breast cancer. This volume covers the topics of: screening for early detection of breast cancer; hereditary breast/ovarian cancer genetic syndromes; diagnostic radiology; ultrasonography; pathology; surgical options; and radiation therapy for early and advanced breast disease.
Other form:Print version: Breast cancer. 2nd ed. New York : Springer, c2008 9780387349503 0387349502
Table of Contents:
  • Multidisciplinary Care of Breast Cancer Patients: Overview and Implementation / Eric A. Strom, Aman U. Buzdar, and Kelly K. Hunt
  • Primary Prevention of Breast Cancer, Screening for Early Detection of Breast Cancer, and Diagnostic Evaluation of Clinical and Mammographic Breast Abnormalities / Therese B. Bevers
  • Genetic Predisposition to Breast Cancer and Genetic Counseling and Testing / Kaylene J. Ready and Banu K. Arun
  • Mammography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Breast, and Radionuclide Imaging of the Breast / Gary J. Whitman and Anne C. Kushwaha
  • Breast Sonography / Bruno D. Fornage and Beth S. Edeiken-Monroe
  • Image-Guided Biopsies of the Breast: Technical Considerations, Diagnostic Challenges, and Postbiopsy Clinical Management / Nour Sneige
  • Surgical Options for Breast Cancer / Kelly K. Hunt and Funda Meric-Bernstam
  • Breast Reconstruction / Pierre M. Chevray and Geoffrey L. Robb
  • Radiation Therapy for Early and Advanced Breast Cancer / Welela Tereffe and Eric A. Strom
  • Serum Tumor Markers and Circulating Tumor Cells / Francisco J. Esteva, Herbert A. Fritsche, Jr., James M. Reuben, and Massimo Cristofanilli
  • Histopathologic and Molecular Markers of Prognosis and Response to Therapy / Lajos Pusztai and W. Fraser Symmans
  • Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer / Marjorie C. Green and Gabriel N. Hortobagyi
  • Stem Cell Transplantation for Metastatic and High-Risk Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer: A Novel Treatment Approach / Naoto T. Ueno, Michael Andreeff, and Richard E. Champlin
  • Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer / Mary C. Pinder and Aman U. Buzdar
  • Gynecologic Problems in Patients with Breast Cancer / Elizabeth R. Keeler, Pedro T. Ramirez, and Ralph S. Freedman
  • Special Clinical Situations in Patients with Breast Cancer / Karin M.E. Hahn and Richard L. Theriault
  • Rehabilitation of Patients with Breast Cancer / Ying Guo and Anne N. Truong
  • Menopausal Health after Breast Cancer / Gilbert G. Fareau and Rena Vassilopoulou-Sellin
  • Sexuality and Breast Cancer Survivorship / Karin M.E. Hahn.