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Contemporary Diagnosis and Management of Breast Cancer® [eBook]
In this timely handbook, an expert in oncology explains the risk factors for contracting breast cancer and the pathogenesis of the disease, discusses the complexities of diagnosis, and offers a detailed examination of surgical treatments and the latest drug therapies, including raloxifene (Evista®). 208 pages
Lynn H. Ratner, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medicine/Division of Neoplastic Diseases
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
and
Education Coordinator
Section of Medical Oncology
Department of Medicine
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York, NY
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Risk Factors and Risk Assessment Methods
Chapter 3: Screening—Imaging Technologies and Mammography
Chapter 4: Breast Cancer—Diagnosis, Staging, and Factors Affecting Treatment
Chapter 5: Breast Cancer Treatment—Surgery and Radiation
Chapter 6: Adjuvant Systemic Endocrine Therapy
Chapter 7: Systemic Chemotherapy
Chapter 8: Targeted Therapies for Breast Cancer
Chapter 9: Treatment of Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer
Chapter 10: Treatment of Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer
Chapter 11: Ancillary Therapies With Biphosphonates
Chapter 12: Male Breast Cancer
Chapter 13: Dietary Therapy and Hormone Replacement Therapy
Chapter 14: Breast Cancer Prevention