1st Edition

Management Options in Breast Cancer Case Histories, Best Practice, and Clinical Decision-Making

By John Benson, Ismail Jatoi Copyright 2009
    256 Pages 100 Color & 100 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    256 Pages 100 Color & 100 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Management Options in Breast Cancer is the only comprehensive resource devoted to exploring the systematic approach to breast cancer diagnosis, surgery, and postoperative care. This guide is an ideal tool for oncologists, pathologists, radiologists, and gynecologists seeking alternative management options for breast cancer. In addition, trainees will find this text a valuable reference for learning the basic principles and clinical guidelines of the field.

    Key features in this stand-alone text:

    • an international review of the management options in the field of breast cancer clinical practice
    • case-based examples designed to aid in optimal clinician decision-making
    • two chapters devoted to rarely-explored topics: male breast cancer and geriatric breast cancer

    Preface
    Acknowledgments
    Early Symptomatic Breast Cancer
    Part I: Mastectomy
    Case Study 1
    Case Study 2
    Case Study 3
    Case Study 4
    Case Study 5
    Part II: Breast Conservation Therapy
    Case Study 6
    Case Study 7
    Case Study 8
    Case Study 9
    Case Study 10
    Case Study 11
    Screen-Detected Breast Cancer
    Part I: Mastectomy
    Case Study 12
    Part II: Breast Conservation Therapy
    Case Study 13
    Case Study 14
    Case Study 15
    Incidental Breast Cancer
    Part I: Mastectomy
    Case Study 16
    Case Study 17
    Case Study 18
    Part II: Breast-Conservation Surgery
    Case Study 19
    Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrence
    Case Study 20

    Diagnostic Excision Biopsy
    Case Study 21
    Bilateral Breast Cancer
    Case Study 22
    Case Study 23
    Case Study 24
    Inflammatory Breast Cancer
    Case Study 25
    Case Study 26
    Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
    Part I: Mastectomy Postchemotherapy
    Case Study 27
    Case Studies 28
    Part II: Breast Conservation Surgery Postchemotherapy
    Case Study 28
    Primary Endocrine Therapy
    Part I: Mastectomy after Primary Endocrine Therapy
    Case Study 29
    Case Study 30
    Part II: Breast-Conservation Surgery after Primary Endocrine Therapy
    Case Study 31
    Breast Cancer in the Elderly
    Part I: Primary Endocrine Therapy
    Case Study 32
    Part II: Primary Radiotherapy
    Case Study 33
    Pregnancy-Related Breast Cancer
    Part I: First Trimester Pregnancy
    Case Study 34
    Part II: Third Trimester Pregnancy
    Case Study 35
    Case Study 36
    Prophylactic Mastectomy
    Part I: Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy
    Case Study 37
    Part II: Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy
    Case Study 38
    Lymphedema
    Case Study 39
    Miscellaneous Conditions
    Part I: Male Breast Cancer
    Case Study 40
    Case Study. 41
    Part II: Paget’s Disease
    Case Study 42
    Part III: Phylloides Tumour
    Case Study 43
    Appendices
    Index

    Biography

    JOHN BENSON is a Consultant Breast Surgeon in the Cambridge Breast Unit, Addenbrooke’s Hospital and a Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge. Dr. Benson received his Doctorate (DM) from the University of Oxford and underwent specialist training at The Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, London. He is Director of Clinical Studies at Selwyn College and was appointed a Regional Breast Tutor by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2007. Dr. Benson has published widely in the field of breast diseases and has coordinated a major article on breast cancer for The Lancet. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Edinburgh and an Examiner for the Intercollegiate Membership Examination (MRCS). His is member of the British Breast Group and the American Association for Cancer Research.

    ISMAIL JATOI is Professor of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. He is also Director of the Breast Care Center, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Dr. Jatoi received his Ph.D. and M.D. degrees from Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. He is Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Jatoi has had a long-standing interest in the management of breast cancer and has published numerous articles, book chapters, and books related to breast cancer local therapy and epidemiology. He has served on the Breast Cancer Executive Committee of the Southwest Oncology Group and the Cancer Prevention Committee of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.