Michael H. Torosian, MD, and a panel of physicians and clinical researchers critically synthesize the wide variety of treatment options available to create a state-of-the-art reference for the management of breast cancer patients. Writing from a multidisciplinary perspective, these authoritative contributors review in the light of the most recent findings the major clinical aspects of breast cancer, including, epidemiology and risk factors, breast imaging, biopsy techniques, breast-conserving surgery and reconstruction, mastectomy, and the latest developments in radiation, hormonal, and chemotherapy. Their expert discussion also addresses special clinical situations (adjuvant chemotherapy, axillary adenopathy as initial presentation, breast cancer during pregnancy, and sarcoma and lymphoma of the breast) and explains current clinical controversies (breast-conserving surgery without radiation therapy, axillary lymph node management, and management of internal mammary lymph nodes).

I Clinical Management.- 1 Epidemiology and Clinical Risk Factors.- 2 Breast Imaging.- 3 Breast Biopsy Techniques.- 4 Clinical Classifications of Breast Cancer.- 5 Breast-Conserving Surgery: Lumpectomy With or Without Axillary Dissection.- 6 Mastectomy.- 7 Breast Reconstruction.- 8 Radiation Therapy.- 9 Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer.- 10 Hormonal Therapy of Breast Cancer.- 11 The Role of Surgery for Metastatic Breast Cancer.- 12 Male Breast Cancer.- 13 Oncogenes in the Development of Breast Cancer.- II Special Clinical Situations.- 14 Primary Chemotherapy.- 15 Axillary Adenopathy as the Initial Presentation of Breast Cancer.- 16 Breast Cancer During Pregnancy.- 17 Local-Regional Recurrence in Breast Cancer.- 18 Nipple Discharge.- 19 Sarcoma and Lymphoma of the Breast: Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment.- III Current Controversies and Research.- 20 Breast Conservation Without Radiation Therapy for Carcinoma of the Breast.- 21 Axillary Node Dissection in Breast Cancer.- 22 Internal Mammary Lymph Nodes: Management and Other Controversies.- 23 High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Breast Cancer.- 24 Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy for Breast Cancer.