Breast Diseases

This handbook describes the diagnosis and management of malignant and benign breast diseases. It is written for surgeons, gynaecologists, oncologists, surgery and gynaecology residents and fellows, medical students and nurses.

List of contents

1. Anatomy of the Breast and Axilla 2. Assessment and Investigation of Common Breast Symptoms 3. Benign Breast Disease 4. Risk Factors, Screening and Prevention 5. Pathology, Prognosis and Staging of Breast Cancer 7. Breast Cancer Treatment—Surgery 8. Adjuvant Therapy of Breast Cancer9. Treatment—Radiation10. Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping11. Hereditary Breast Cancer

About the author

Patrick I. Borgen, M.D. Memorial S/,oan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA. Arnold D.K. Hill, M.Ch., FRCSI, St. Vincents University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

Summary

The authors are experts in the field of breast diseases and have compiled an up-to-the-minute, concise, and practical handbook that encapsulates current thinking on a wide range of topics from normal breast anatomy through the management of Stage IV breast cancer

Product details

• Authors: Patrick I. Borgen, Borgen Patrick I., Arnold D.K. Hill
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781570595783
• ISBN: 978-1-57059-578-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Weight: 294 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Gynecology & Obstetrics, Oncology, Gynaecology and obstetrics, Gynaecology & obstetrics, MEDICAL / Oncology / General