Breast Cancer and Molecular Medicine

Molecular-based medicine is taking center stage due to the increasing knowledge of breast cancer molecular biology. Treatment tailoring is no longer a dream for the future, but the main goal of current research. This book provides an overview of the most recent techniques, agents and approaches for...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Piccart, Martine J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Hung, Mien-Chie (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Solin, Lawrence J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Cardoso, Fatima (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Wood, William C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Section 1
  • Role of Modeling in Pharmacotherapeutics
  • Section 2
  • PET and Nuclear Medicine Imaging of the Breast
  • Functional Radiologic Imaging in Breast Cancer
  • Section 3
  • Prevention of Breast Cancer
  • Section 4
  • DCIS: Pathology and Molecular Markers
  • Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: a Modern Approach to Patient Management
  • Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Systemic Treatment
  • Section 5
  • Tailored Surgery for Early Breast Cancer: Surgical Techniques
  • Tailored Surgery for Early Breast Cancer: Biological Aspects
  • Tailored Surgery for Early Breast Cancer: the Very Young Woman
  • Tailored Surgery for Older Women with Breast Cancer
  • Section 6
  • Tailored Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer Stages I and II: Technical Aspects
  • Breast Cancer Management in the Era of Molecular Medicine: Tailored Radiotherapy — Clinical and Biological Aspects
  • Early Breast Cancer (Stage I and II): Tailored Radiotherapy for Very Young Women
  • The Elderly and Breast Cancer Radiotherapy
  • Section 7
  • Early Breast Cancer (Stage I and Stage II): Tailored Systemic Therapy for Endocrine-Resistant Breast Cancer
  • Early Breast Cancer (Stage I and Stage II): Tailored Systemic Therapy for Endocrine-Responsive Breast Cancer
  • Tailored Therapy for Breast Cancer in Very Young Women
  • Tailored Systemic Therapy for the Elderly Woman
  • Section 8
  • Locoregional Therapy Following Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: an Evolving Paradigm of Treatment Individualization
  • Medical Therapy of Locally Advanced Breast Cancer
  • Section 9
  • Metastatic Breast Cancer: Tailored Endocrine Therapy for Premenopausal Women
  • Metastatic Breast Cancer: Tailored Endocrine Therapy for Postmenopausal Women
  • Metastatic Breast Cancer: Tailored Chemotherapy for the Elderly Woman
  • Section 10
  • Treatment of Brain Metastases from Breast Cancer
  • Surgical Management of Breast Cancer Liver Metastases
  • Individualization of Bisphosphonate Therapy
  • Breast Cancer Metastases to the Eye
  • Organ-Specific Approaches: Pain Management
  • Section 11
  • Genomic and Molecular Classification of Breast Cancer
  • Applications of Proteomics to Clinical Questions in Breast Cancer
  • Section 12
  • Targeting the HER Family of Receptors in the Treatment of Advanced Breast Cancer
  • Biological Therapies for Metastatic Breast Cancer: Antiangiogenesis
  • Breast Cancer Gene Therapy
  • Innovative Rational-Derived, Target-Based and Cytotoxic Therapies for Breast Cancer and Other Malignancies
  • Section 13
  • Mechanisms of Breast Cancer Resistance to Chemotherapy
  • Mechanisms of Resistance to Hormone Therapy
  • Novel Signaling Pathways in Breast Cancer
  • Mechanisms of Apoptosis Resistance In Breast Cancer
  • Section 14
  • Breast Cancer and Pregnancy
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy After Breast Cancer
  • Male Breast Cancer
  • Patients’ Preferences: What Makes Treatments Worthwhile?
  • Breast Cancer: the Impact of Depression and its Treatment
  • Molecular Profiling in Breast Cancer
  • Clinical Trials in the Era of Treatment Tailoring.