Part I. Clinical Management
Epidemiology and Clinical Risk Factors
Mary B. Daly
Breast Imaging
Julia A. Birnbaum and Emily F. Conant
Breast Biopsy Techniques
Lisa A. Newman and Frederick C. Ames
Clinical Classification of Breast Cancer
Michael H. Torosian
Breast-Conserving Surgery: Lumpectomy With or Without Axillary Dissection
Samuel W. Beenken and Kirby I. Bland
Mastectomy
David R. Brenin and David W. Kinne
Breast Reconstruction
Louis P. Bucky and Gary A. Tuma
Radiation Therapy
Barbara Fowble and Gary Freedman
Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer
Michael P. Russin and Lori J. Goldstein
Hormonal Therapy of Breast Cancer
Halle C. F. Moore and Kevin R. Fox
The Role of Surgery for Metastatic Breast Cancer
Lori Jardines
Male Breast Cancer
Mahmoud El-Tamer and Lucy J. Kim
Oncogenes in the Development of Breast Cancer
Xiao Tan Qiao, Kenneth L. van Golen, and Sofia D. Merajver
Part II. Special Clinical Situations
Primary Chemotherapy
Deborah L. Toppmeyer
Axillary Adenopathy as the Initial Presentation of Breast Cancer
Shirley Scott and Monica Morrow
Breast Cancer During Pregnancy
Mary L. Gemignani and Jeanne A. Petrek
Local-Regional Recurrence in Breast Cancer
Thomas J. Kearney and David A. August
Nipple Discharge
Marcia Boraas
Sarcoma and Lymphoma of the Breast: Presentation, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Helena Chang and Jane Kakki
Part III. Current Controversies And Research
Breast Conservation Without Radiation Therapy for Carcinoma of the Breast
Gordon F. Schwartz.
Axillary Node Dissection in Breast Cancer
James F. Pingpank Jr. and Ellen R. Sigurdson
Internal Mammary Lymph Nodes: Management and Other Controversies
James C. Watson and John P. Hoffman
High-Dose Chemotherapy and Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation for Breast Cancer
Edward A. Stadtmauer
Immunotherapy and Gene Therapy for Breast Cancer
Daniela Santoli and Sophie Visonneau
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).