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This book provides the reader with up-to-date information on important advances in the understanding of breast cancer and innovative approaches to its management. Current and emerging perspectives on genetics, biology, and prevention are first discussed in depth, and individual sections are then devoted to pathology, imaging, oncological surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, medical oncology, and radiotherapy. In each case the focus is on the most recent progress and/or state of the art therapies and techniques. Further topics to receive detailed consideration include particular conditions requiring multidisciplinary approaches, the investigation of new drugs and immunological agents, lifestyle and psychological aspects, and biostatistics and informatics. The book will be an excellent reference for practitioners, interns and residents in medical oncology, oncologic surgery, radiotherapy, pathology, and human genetics, researchers, and advanced medical students.

Aron Goldhirsch is Deputy Scientific Director at the European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy. He has served as Co-Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the International Breast Cancer Study Group (IBCSG; formerly the Ludwig Group) and co-founder of the Breast International consortium (BIG). Since 1992 has been Professor for Medical Oncology at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Dr. Goldhirsch has received various international prizes and honors, including the prestigious St. Gallen International Breast Cancer Award (2013), the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Gianni Bonadonna Breast Cancer Award (2014), and the Komen Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction (co-recipient with Prof. Richard Gelber in 2008). He is the author of over 700 peer-reviewed articles and chapters in reference books, editor or co-editor of ten books, and he serves on

Paolo Veronesi is Associate Professor of General Surgery at the University of Milan School of Medicine, and Director of the Breast Surgery Division at the European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy. He was deeply involved in the development of breast-conserving surgery and, more recently, in the development of the sentinel lymph node biopsy technique, intraoperative radiotherapy, and conservative mastectomy. Dr. Veronesi was President of the XXXIII Congress of the Italian Society of Surgical Oncology in June 2010. He has been President of the Umberto Veronesi Foundation for the progress of the science since 2005.  He is the author of more than 240 papers and 25 book chapters, mainly in the field of breast diseases.

Maria Cristina Leonardi has worked at the Division of Radiation Therapy at the European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy since 1997; in 2009 she beca

Oreste D. Gentilini was born in 1968. After 15 years at the European Institute of Oncology is now Head of Breast Surgery and Director of the Breast Unit at the San Raffaele University and Resea