MANAGING BREAST CANCER RISK - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 155009260X ISBN 13: 9781550092608

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 2003

Riassunto

"Managing Breast Cancer Risk" is a single source for information needed by primary care physicians, nurses, gynaecologists, as well as oncologic specialists who deal with women who are concerned about breast cancer. Its purpose is to bring together a multidisciplinary group of experts to address breast cancer risk in a clinically meaningful way. Chapters providing detailed information on individual risk factors are accompanied by a discussion of models, which integrate multiple factors for a more complete assessment of risk. Traditional strategies for risk management, including surveillance and prophylactic surgery, are reviewed, and the data on newer techniques such as ductal lavage and screening with magnetic resonance is presented. The rational for chemoprevention with selective oestrogen receptor modulators (SERMS) is discussed, and the evidence for tamoxifen as a chemopreventative is updated. The potential for chemoprevention with newer SERMS and the aromatase inhibitors is reviewed. Finally, the critical (and often ignored) areas of quality of life and symptom management are addressed.

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Contenuti

Section 1: Evaluation of Risk
1. Overview of Clinical Risk Assessment
2. Familial and Genetic Risk
3. Endocrine Risk Factors
4. Benign Breast Disease and Breast Cancer Risk
5. Lifestyle and Environmental Factors and Breast Cancer Risk
6. Breast Cancer Risk in the Context of Overall Health
Section 2: Risk Management Strategies
A. Surveillance
7. Outcome of Routine Surveillance of High-Risk Woman
8. Newer Imaging Approaches to the High-Risk Woman
9. Role of Breast Epithelial Sampling Techniques in High-Risk Women
B. Chemoprevention
10. Biologic Basis for Breast Cancer Risk Reduction with Pharmacologic Agents
11. Tamoxifen for Chemoprevention
12. SERMS Other Than Tamoxifen for Chemoprevention
13. Aromatase Inhibitors for Chemoprevention
14. Quality of Life Issues with Endocrine Chemoprevention
15. Improving Quality of Life for Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer: Symptom Management without Estrogen
C. Surgical Prevention
16. Prophylactic Mastectomy and Oophorectomy
17. Breast Reconstruction
D. Psychological Issues in High-Risk Woman
Section 3: Practical Management Guidelines

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 155009260X
• ISBN 13: 9781550092608
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 352
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: Ufficio Anagrafiche Messaggerie; 0039 0245774342; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italia