Breast cancer

• Other Authors: Tan, Antoinette R. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Demos Medical 2010
• Series: Emerging cancer therapeutics v.1, issue 3
• Subjects: Breast Neoplasms > therapy
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Breast Cancer is second only to Lung Cancer as the leading Cancer cause of death in women. In 2010 207,000 women will be diagnosed with Breast Cancer and over 39,000 are expected to die from Breast Cancer. Nevertheless, ongoing research and recent advances in both diagnostic and therapeutic modalit...

Table of Contents:

• Risk factors and strategies for prevention of breast cancer / Sameh Mikhail and Jennifer Eng-Wong
• Current trends and new developments in breast cancer imaging / Lilian C. Wang ... [et al.]
• Update on the surgical management of breast cancer : areas of controversy and advancement / Fatema Al-Mushawah and Rebecca Aft
• Advances in radiotherapy for breast cancer / Sharad Goyal, Atif J. Khan, and Bruce G. Haffty
• Adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer : updates and new perspectives / Conleth Murphy, Clifford A. Hudis, and Heather L. McArthur
• Endocrine therapy for early breast cancer / Mary Cianfrocca
• HER2-targeted treatment in the adjuvant setting for breast cancer / Serena T. Wong and Antoinette R. Tan
• Endocrine treatment for metastatic breast cancer / Shamsuddin Virani and Jame Abraham
• Chemotherapy options for metastatic breast cancer / Hamid R. Mirshahidi
• Targeted therapy for metastatic breast cancer / Amelia B. Zelnak and Ruth O'Regan
• Management of HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer : standard and new approaches / Nabila Chowdhury and Sandra M. Swain
• Treatment options for triple-negative breast cancer / Katherine Enright and Rebecca Dent
• The expanding role of bisphosphonates and novel bone agents in breast cancer / Larissa A. Korde and Julie R. Gralow
• Principles of breast cancer genomics / Olivier D. Loudig and Joseph A. Sparano.