Adjuvant Therapy of Primary Breast Cancer VI
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-45771-5 (ISBN)
I. Epidemiology and Its Lessons.- Diet and Mammary Gland Carcinogenesis.- Prevention of Breast Cancer: Focus on Chemoprevention.- Estrogen/Hormone Replacement Therapy and the Etiology of Breast Cancer.- II. Genetics of Breast Cancer.- Experimental Pathology and Breast Cancer Genetics: New Technologies.- Update on Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes.- III. Biology of Breast Cancer: Diagnostic and Prognostic Implications.- IGF-I Physiology and Breast Cancer.- Determination of Clinical Utility of Tumor Markers: A Tumor Marker Utility Grading System.- How Can Prognostic and Predictive Factors in Breast Cancer Be Used in a Practical Way Today?.- Strategies for the Development of Vaccines to Treat Breast Cancer.- IV. In Situ Breast Cancer.- Hypothesis and Practice: Are There Several Types of Treatment for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast?.- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast: Histological Classification and Genetic Alterations.- Trials of Treatment for Non-invasive Breast Cancer.- Summary.- V. Controversies About the Axilla.- The Axilla: To Clear or Not to Clear? That Is the Question!.- Axillary Clearance in Operable Breast Cancer: Still a Necessity?.- Sentinel Lymphadenectomy: A Safe Answer to Less Axillary Surgery?.- Endoscopic Surgery to the Axilla: A Substitute for Conventional Axillary Clearance?.- VI. Integrated Therapy: Changing Surgical Procedures for Breast Cancer.- Surgical Considerations in Preoperative Chemotherapy of Breast Cancer.- Integration of Plastic Surgery in the Course of Breast-Conserving Surgery for Cancer to Improve Cosmetic Result and Radicality of Tumor Excision.- Summary.- VII. Integrated Therapy: Primary Adjuvant Systemic Therapy.- Is Primary Chemotherapy Useful for All Patients with Primary Invasive Breast Cancer?.- The Primary Use of Endocrine Therapies.- VIII. Integrated Therapy: Radiation Therapy/Endocrine Treatment.- Why and How to Combine Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients.- Novel Approaches Using Radiation Therapies.- Molecular Biology of the Estrogen Receptor Aids in the Understanding of Tamoxifen Resistance and Breast Cancer Prevention with Raloxifene.- Aromatase Inhibitors and Their Use in the Adjuvant Setting.- GnRH Analogues and Ovarian Ablation: Their Integration in the Adjuvant Strategy.- Summary.- IX. Adjuvant Systemic Treatments: Cytotoxic Strategies.- Putting the Taxanes to Work: Unanswered Questions.- Putting Taxanes to Work in Operable Breast Cancer: A Search for Selective Indications from Empirical Studies.- Continuous Infusional Chemotherapy for Early Breast Cancer: The Royal Marsden Hospital Experience.- Tailored Chemotherapy to Equal Toxicity: Is It Possible?.- Anti-angiogenesis Therapy and Strategies for Integrating It with Adjuvant Therapy.- X. Adjuvant Systemic Treatments: Cytotoxics and Their Dosage.- New Developments in High-Dose Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer.- Summary.- XI. Integrated Treatments: Quality of Life.- Quality of Life Assessment in the Adjuvant Setting: Is It Relevant?.- Quality of Life Assessment in the International Breast Cancer Study Group: Past, Present, and Future.- Impact of Different Adjuvant Therapy Strategies on Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors.- Summary.- XII. Clinical Research Around the World: Review of Cooperative Group Trials.- North American Adjuvant Breast Cancer Trials.- International Breast Cancer Study Group Trials.- Nordic Trials of Adjuvant Therapy in Primary Breast Cancer.- The EORTC-Breast Cancer Cooperative Group Clinical Research Programme in Early Breast Cancer.- Italian Breast Cancer Adjuvant Chemo-hormone Therapy Cooperative Group Trials.- Current Trials of the German Adjuvant Breast Cancer Group (GABG).- XIII. International Consensus Conference on Primary Treatment of the Breast: Update 1998.- International Consensus Panel on the Treatment of Primary Breast Cancer V: Update 1998.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.3.2012 |
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Reihe/Serie | Recent Results in Cancer Research |
Zusatzinfo | XVI, 506 p. |
Verlagsort | Berlin |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 801 g |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie |
Schlagworte | Adjuvant Therapy • angiogenesis • Breast Cancer • carcinoma • classification • Endoscopy • Grading • Primary Treatment • Surgery • Systemic Therapy |
ISBN-10 | 3-642-45771-1 / 3642457711 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-642-45771-5 / 9783642457715 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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