Management of Patients at High-Risk for Breast Cancer
Management of High-Risk Breast Cancer is a unique reference that covers the Representing nearly every discipline that applies, contributors explain to clinicians the foundations of risk management and its application to reducing the risk of breast cancer, providing specific tools for attending to the health-care needs of adult women that can be incorporated into daily clinical practice. Among the aspects they examine are clinical characteristics of genetically determined breast cancer, contemporary breast imaging in the high-risk patient, developing a risk assessment clinic, chemoprevention to reduce risk, psychological management, and legal and ethical issues.
| Author: |
Victor G. Vogel |
| ISBN: |
0632043237 |
| Publisher: |
Blackwell Science |
| Binding: |
Hardcover |
| Year Published: |
Aug-01 |
| No. of Pages: |
328 |
| Illustrations: |
69 |
| Contents: |
1. Epidemiology of Breast Cancer
2. Genetics of Breast Cancer
3. Clinical Characteristics of Genetically Determined Breast Cancer
4. Quantitative Breast Cancer Risk Assessment
5. Clinical Characteristics of Genetically Determined Ovarian Cancer
6. Genetic Screening for Ovarian Cancer Risk Assessment
7. Contemporary Breast Imaging in the High Risk Patient
8. Imaging Guided Percutaneous Biopsies
9. New Horizons in Breast Imaging
10. Development of a Risk Assessment Clinic
11. Prophylactic Mastectomy
12. Chemoprevention: Reducing Breast Cancer Risk
13. Psychological Management of Women at Risk for Breast Cancer
14. Legal and Ethical Issues in Risk Assessment, Management and Testing
15. Cost Effectiveness of the Identification of Women at High Risk for the Development of Breast and Ovarian Cancer
16. Population-Based Prevention Strategies
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| Review: |
I have long been an admirer of his and the tremendous contributions he has made to the breast cancer effort. Through his new book, he once again brings insight, clarity and experience to this subject by tapping into the vast resources of the excellent contributing authors. He has captured a wealth of information that will be invaluable to both scholars as well as those facing the challenges of this disease.
-Nancy Brinker
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| About The Author: |
Victor G. Vogel, MD
Director, Comprehensive Breast Program, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute/Magee-Womens Hospital, Pennsylvania
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