Changing Paradigms in the Management of Breast Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Howard-McNatt, Marissa (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Surgical oncology.; Oncology .; Radiotherapy.; Nursing.; Surgical Oncology.; Oncology.

This text is designed to present a comprehensive and state-of the-art approach to the management of breast cancer within the fields of surgery, medical oncology, and radiation oncology. Sections address changes in these fields. These areas include breast imaging, management of the axilla, atypical b...

Table of Contents:

• Breast Imaging: Tomosynthesis, Elastography, Breast MRI, and Emerging Techniques
• Nipple Sparing Mastectomy
• Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy: Current Perspectives
• Management of the Axilla in Breast Cancer
• Margins and Breast Cancer
• Percutaneous Ablation in the Treatment of Breast Cancer
• New Technology and Techniques in Breast Reconstruction
• New Thoughts on Atypias of the Breast: Flat Epithelial Atypia, Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia, and Lobular Neoplasia
• New Techniques in Radiation Oncology
• Radiotherapy and Regional Nodes
• Triple Negative Breast Cancer
• New Treatments for Metastatic Breast Cancer
• Breast Cancer Treatment in Elderly Patients
• Breast Cancer Treatment in Young Women
• Genetic Risk Prediction in Breast Cancer.