Management of Breast Cancer in Older Women

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Reed, Malcolm W. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Audisio, Riccardo A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Radiology.; Geriatrics.; Oncology.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Diagnostic Radiology.; Surgical Oncology.

Management of Breast Cancer in Older Women offers the reader evidence-based clinical knowledge of older patients suffering from breast cancer. It presents the most up-to-date research and clinical knowledge from the leading specialists across a range of fields that come into contact with older breas...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Background and Epidemiology
• Basic Science of Breast Cancer in Older Patients
• Tumor Biology and Pathology
• Clinical Epidemiology and the Impact of Co-Morbidity on Survival
• Special Considerations in the Management of Older Women
• Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
• A Practical Mini-Guide to Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
• Impact of the Physiological Effects of Aging on the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Systemic Breast Cancer Treatment
• Impact of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Breast Cancer
• Experiences of a Multidisciplinary Elderly Breast Cancer Clinic: Using the Right Specialists, in the Same Place, with Time
• Therapeutics
• Mammographic Breast Screening in Elderly Women
• Primary Endocrine Therapy for the Treatment of Early Breast Cancer in Older Women
• Peroperative Radiotherapy
• General and Local Anesthetics
• The Surgical Management of Breast Cancer in Elderly Women
• Breast Reconstruction
• Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy
• Adjuvant Chemotherapy
• Adjuvant Radiotherapy
• Prevention and Treatment of Skeletal Complications
• Medical Management of Advanced Disease
• The Use of Chemotherapy in Elderly Cancer Patients: Dose Adjusting, Drug Interactions, and Polypharmacy
• Psychosocial Considerations
• Delayed Presentation of Breast Cancer in Older Women
• Patient Decision Making
• Culture, Ethnicity, and Race: Persistent Disparities in Older Women with Breast Cancer
• Supportive, Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Older Breast Cancer Patients.