J Michael Dixon, Consultant Surgeon and Professor of Surgery, Edinburgh Breast Unit, and Clinical Director, Breakthrough Research Unit, Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK

Contributors, vii
Preface, ix
1 Symptoms, Assessment and Guidelines for Referral, 1
J Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas
2 Congenital Problems and Aberrations of Normal Development and Involution, 12
J Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas
3 Mastalgia, 25
Julie Iddon and J Michael Dixon
4 Breast Infection, 31
J Michael Dixon
5 Breast Cancer: Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Genetics, 41
Ivana Sestak, Jack Cuzick and Gareth Evans
6 Prevention of Breast Cancer, 47
Ivana Sestak, Jack Cuzick, Gareth Evans and Ava Kwong
7 Screening for Breast Cancer, 51
Robin Wilson, Douglas Macmillan and Julietta Patnick
8 Breast Cancer, 59
J Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas
9 Management of Regional Nodes in Breast Cancer, 68
Nigel Bundred, J Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas
10 Breast Cancer: Treatment of Elderly Patients and Uncommon Conditions, 77
J Michael Dixon and Richard Sainsbury
11 Role of Systemic Treatment of Primary Operable Breast Cancer, 86
AA Kotsori and Ian Smith
12 Locally Advanced Breast Cancer, 102
J Michael Dixon and Robert Leonard
13 Metastatic Breast Cancer, 109
Robert Leonard and J Michael Dixon
14 Prognostic Factors, 119
Alastair Thompson and Sarah Pinder
15 Psychological Impact of Breast Cancer, 125
Belinda Hacking
16 Carcinoma in situ, 130
Nigel Bundred and J Michael Dixon
17 Breast Reconstruction, 138
J Michael Dixon, Cameron Raine and Eva M Weiler-Mithoff
Index, 151

The ABC of Breast Diseases provides comprehensive guidance to the assessment of symptoms, and how to manage all common breast conditions and provides guidelines on referral. It covers congenital problems, breast infection and mastalgia, before addressing the epidemiology, prevention, screening and diagnosis of breast cancer. It outlines the treatment and management options for breast cancer within different groups and includes new chapters on the genetics, prevention, management of high risk women and the psychological aspects of breast diseases.
Edited and written by internationally renowned experts in the field and highly illustrated in full colour, this fourth edition remains a practical guide for general practitioners, family physicians, practice nurses and breast care nurses as well as for surgeons and oncologists both in training and recently qualified as well as medical students.