Management of the Patient at High Risk for Breast Cancer

ISBN-13: 9781461458906 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 190 str.

Nora M. Hansen

Opis

Management of the Patient at High Risk for Breast Cancer provides a state-of-the art review of patients who are at high risk for breast cancer, how to identify them, the tools available for risk assessment and quantification and indications for genetic counseling and testing. The book summarizes the high risk breast imaging options, including newest techniques and schedules. Pathologic evaluation of high risk lesions are featured as well as the management issues surrounding these lesions. The volume also covers the management of concomitant cancer risk and screening strategies.A concise, yet comprehensive overview of the current status of the topic, Management of the Patient at High Risk for Breast Cancer serves as a useful resource for physicians and researchers dealing with and interested in patients at high risk for breast cancer.

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"The book covers a range of topics from the genetic and genetic factors in breast cancer to the current and future directions in breast translational research. ... I have found this to be a very well illustrated text, easy to read and very informative. I would definitely recommend this book as a good read to both surgeons and oncologists." (Tasadooq Hussain, Oncology News, Vol. 8 (5), November-December, 2013)

Spis treści

CHAPTER 1:  IDENTIFYING WOMEN AT HIGH RISK OF BREAST CANCER: UNDERSTANDING THE RISK MODELS

 

Scott M. Weissman, MS, CGC

 

CHAPTER 2: GENETIC AND GENOMIC FACTORS IN BREAST CANCER

Lee P. Shulman MD

CHAPTER 3: BRCA MUTATION

 

Ashley N. Hardy, MD, Elizabeth Tarasewicz, BS, Jacqueline Jeruss, MD, PhD

 

CHAPTER 4: HIGH RISK BREAST LESIONS AND PATHOLOGIC EVALUATION

 

Thomas Lawton, MD

 

CHAPTER 5: MANAGEMENT OF HIGH RISK LESIONS

 

Christine M. Gresik, MD, Seema A Khan, MD

 

CHAPTER 6: RADIOLOGIC IMAGING FOR THE HIGH RISK PATIENT

 

Erin Neuschler, MD, Paula Grabler, MD

 

CHAPTER 7: RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES: MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

 

Virginia Kaklamani, MD, DSc

 

CHAPTER 8: RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES: SURGICAL PERSPECTIVE

 

Lisa Spiguel, MD, Nora Hansen, MD

 

CHAPTER 9: OPTIONS AND ADVANCES IN BREAST RECONSTRUCTION

 

John Y Kim, MD, Vinay Rawlani, MD, Jennifer E. Cheesborough, MD

 

CHAPTER 10: MANAGEMENT OF CONCOMITANT CANCER RISK

 

Megan E. Miller, MD, Sarah Neilsen, MS, CGC, Swati A. Kulkarni, MD

 

CHAPTER 11: PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE BRCA GENE

 

Timothy Pearman, PhD

 

CHAPTER 12: THE HIGH TECH HIGH RISK CLINIC

 

Brian Drohan, PhD, Constance Roche, ANP-BC, ONC, APNG, Kevin S. Hughes, MD, FACS

 

CHAPTER 13: CURRENT AND FUTURE DIRECTION IN BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH

 

Susan Love, MD

O autorze

Nora M. Hansen, MD
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chicago, IL, USA