Main description:

This second volume of the handbook on breast disease
provides a comprehensive overview of its clinical management and current
therapies. It brings readers up to speed with the latest guidelines and therapeutic
regimens in breast cancer and provides and in-depth account of current and new
therapeutic approaches.

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.

Feature:

Exhaustively reviews metastatic breast disease

Brings readers up to date with current breast
cancer therapies

Provides a comprehensive account of the most recent
therapeutic regimens

Explores special therapeutic problems in breast
cancer management 

Back cover:

This second volume of the handbook on breast disease provides a comprehensive overview of its clinical management and current therapies. It brings readers up to speed with the latest guidelines and therapeutic regimens in breast cancer and provides and in-depth account of current and new therapeutic approaches.

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.

Contents:

Section I
Invasive Breast Cancer

Biopsy Techniques in non-Palpable
or Palpable Breast Lesions.- Evaluation of Patients for Metastases Prior To
Primary Therapy.- Staging of Breast Cancer.- Surgical Treatment of Early-Stage
Breast Cancer.- Evaluation of Axillary Nodes.- Breast Reconstruction.- Adjuvant
Systemic Therapy: Endocrine Therapy.- Adjuvant Systemic Chemotherapy for
HER2-Negative Disease.- Adjuvant Therapy for Her-2/neu positive Early Breast
Cancer.- Post-Mastectomy Adjuvant Radiotherapy (PMRT).- Adjuvant Radiation
Therapy after Preoperative Chemotherapy.- Breast-Conserving Therapy:
Hypofractionated and Conventional Whole-Breast Irradiation and Accelerated
Partial-Breast Irradiation.- 

Section II Preoperative
systemic therapy

Preoperative Therapy for Operable
Breast Cancer.- Neoadjuvant Hormonal Therapy in Breast Cancer.- Systemic
Therapy for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer.- Systemic Therapy for Inflammatory Breast Cancer.- 

<Section III Surgical Management of Patient with preoperative systemic
therapy

Surgical
Management of Operable Breast Cancer.- Surgical Management of Locally Advanced
Breast Cancer.- Surgical Management of Inflammatory Breast Cancer.- 

Section IV Special Therapeutic Problems

Occult
Primary Breast Cancer with Axillary Metastases.- Breast Cancer in Older Women.- Breast
Cancer in Young Women (Premenopausal Breast Cancer).- Male Breast Cancer.- Breast
Cancer in Pregnancy.- Paget’s Disease of the Breast.- Phyllodes Tumors of the
Breast.- Nonepithelial Malignancies of the Breast.-  

Section V Evaluation after Primary
Therapy and Management of Recurrent Breast Cancer

Surveillance of Patients Following Primary Therapy.- Surgery
for the Primary Tumor in Patients with De Novo Stage IV Breast Cancer.- Local-Regional Recurrence after
Breast-Conservation Treatment or Mastectomy.- Treatment of Metastatic Breast
Cancer: Endocrine Therapy.- Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer: Chemotherapy.- Treatment of
HER2-Overexpressing Metastatic Breast Cancer.- End-of-Life Considerations in Patients with
Breast Cancer

Section
VI New Breast Cancer Therapeutic Approaches

Angiogenesis
Inhibition in Breast Cancer.- Tyrosine
Kinase Inhibitors

Section
VII Site-Specific Therapy of Metastatic Breast Cancer

Neurological Metastases.- Ocular
Metastases.- Management of Malignant Pleural
Effusions in Breast Cancer.- Management of Discrete Pulmonary Nodules.- Management
of Isolated Liver Metastasis.- Bone-directed Therapy and Breast Cancer:
Bisphosphonates, Monoclonal Antibodies, and Radionuclides.- The Local
Management of Bone Metastases.- 

Section VIII
Review of the breast cancer management

A Review of Local and Systemic
Therapy in Breast Cancer.- Decision Pathways
in Breast Cancer Management.- 

Section IX
Supportive Care in Breast Cancer

Nursing Care and Management.- Psychosocial
Adaptation During and After Breast Cancer.- Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema
(BCRL).- Reproductive Issues in Breast Cancer.- Onco-Cardiology for Breast
Cancer.