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ABC of Breast Diseases

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Dixon, J. M. (J. Michael)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2012.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • ABC of Breast Diseases
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 Symptoms, Assessment and Guidelines for Referral
  • Assessment of symptoms
  • Accuracy of investigations
  • Triple assessment
  • Delay in diagnosis
  • One-stop clinics
  • Investigation of breast symptoms
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 2 Congenital Problems and Aberrations of Normal Development and Involution
  • Congenital abnormalities
  • Breast development and involution
  • Management of discrete mobile masses in young women
  • Aberrations in the early reproductive period: Pain and nodularity
  • Aberrations of involution: Palpable breast cysts
  • Sclerosing lesions
  • Duct ectasia
  • Benign disease in men: Gynaecomastia
  • Benign neoplasms and proliferations: Epithelial hyperplasia
  • Duct papillomas
  • Lipomas
  • Nipple conditions
  • Haematomas
  • Fat necrosis
  • Mondor's disease
  • Hamartomas
  • Blocked Montgomery's tubercles
  • Para areola cysts
  • Morphea
  • Arteritis and aneurysm
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Keloids of the Breast Skin
  • Wegener's Granulomatosis
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 3 Mastalgia
  • Chest wall pain
  • Chronic pain following breast surgery
  • True mastalgia
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgement
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 4 Breast Infection
  • Treatment
  • Neonatal infection
  • Lactating infection
  • Non-lactating infection
  • Skin-associated infection
  • Other infections and inflammatory conditions
  • Lymphocytic lobulitis
  • Factitial disease
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 5 Breast Cancer: Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Genetics
  • Risk factors for breast cancer
  • Risk estimation
  • The breast cancer genes
  • Genetic testing
  • Previous benign breast disease
  • Radiation
  • Lifestyle
  • Oral contraceptive (OC)
  • Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 6 Prevention of Breast Cancer
  • Management options
  • Prophylactic surgery
  • Ovarian cancer
  • Men with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 7 Screening for Breast Cancer
  • Population screening
  • Screening high-risk groups
  • Benefits and potential drawbacks of screening
  • Psychological morbidity induced byscreening
  • Risks of mammography
  • Further reading
  • Chapter 8 Breast Cancer
  • Classification: Invasive breast cancer
  • Tumour differentiation
  • Oestrogen receptor
  • Progesterone receptor
  • Human epidermal growth factor receptors
  • Other features
  • Staging of invasive breast cancers
  • Surgical treatment of localised breast cancer
  • Follow-up of patients after surgery
  • Radiotherapy
  • Chapter 9 Management of Regional Nodes in Breast Cancer
  • Lymph drainage of breast
  • Identifying patients with involved nodes before surgery
  • Role of axillary surgery in patients with operable breast cancer
  • Staging the axilla
  • Assessment of sentinel nodes
  • Treatment of axillary disease
  • Treatment of internal mammary and supraclavicular nodes
  • Physical management of lymphoedema