Main description:

This guide provides practical information that will assist clinicians involved in the diagnosis, assessment, treatment, and follow-up care of patients with triple-negative breast cancer. After opening chapters on the pathologic evaluation, clinical presentation, genetics, and imaging features, the full range of current treatment approaches is thoroughly reviewed from a multidisciplinary perspective. Readers will find up-to-date information and guidance on surgical management, radiation therapy, tailored adjuvant therapy, neoadjuvant treatment, systemic treatment for metastatic disease, molecular profiling, and targeted therapy. The coverage is completed by discussion of special issues in young women with triple-negative breast cancer and individualization of the management approach in older patients affected with the disease. All healthcare professionals who care for patients with triple-negative breast cancer will find the book to be an invaluable source of expert advice on the issues faced in real-world practice.

Contents:

1. Pathologic evaluation of triple-negative breast cancer2. Triple-negative breast cancer: Clinical features3. The genetics of triple-negative breast cancer4. Imaging features and modalities of triple-negative breast cancer5. Surgical management of triple-negative breast cancer6. Radiation therapy for triple-negative breast cancer7. Tailoring adjuvant therapy for triple-negative breast cancer: Selection ofagents8. Neoadjuvant treatment of triple-negative breast cancer9. Systemic treatment of metastatic triple-negative breast cancerPage 3 of 310. Molecular profiling and targeted therapy for triple-negative breast cancer11. Special issues in the young woman with triple-negative breast cancer12. Individualizing the approach to the older woman with triple-negative breastcancer