Management of the Patient at High Risk for Breast Cancer

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hansen, Nora M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Gynecology.; Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Surgery.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• IDENTIFYING WOMEN AT HIGH RISK OF BREAST CANCER: UNDERSTANDING THE RISK MODELS
• GENETIC AND GENOMIC FACTORS IN BREAST CANCER
• BRCA MUTATION
• HIGH RISK BREAST LESIONS AND PATHOLOGIC EVALUATION
• MANAGEMENT OF HIGH RISK LESIONS
• RADIOLOGIC IMAGING FOR THE HIGH RISK PATIENT
• RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES: MEDICAL ONCOLOGY
• RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES: SURGICAL PERSPECTIVE
• OPTIONS AND ADVANCES IN BREAST RECONSTRUCTION
• MANAGEMENT OF CONCOMITANT CANCER RISK
• PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE BRCA GENE
• THE HIGH TECH HIGH RISK CLINIC
• CURRENT AND FUTURE DIRECTION IN BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH.