Ductal Carcinoma in Situ of the Breast

Carlo Mariotti is Head of the Functional Unit of Breast Surgery at Ancona University Hospital and Professor of Breast Anatomy and Surgery at the Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, Ancona, Italy. Professor Mariotti graduated from Bologna University Medical School in 1979 and gained his Habilitation in Surgery in the same year. He specialized in General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery, and developed his career on the university surgery ward in Ancona. He mastered in Senologic Studies in Paris in 1984. He has since taught general surgery, clinical surgery, pathological surgery, and reconstructive surgery. He took up his present position in 2003, and since 2005 he has also been director of the National School for Breast Surgery. Professor Mariotti is a member of the Italian Surgical Society and the Italian Association of Hospital Surgeons. He has contributed to numerous research papers and scientific articles and has acted as a moderator and speaker at both national and international congresses.

Foreword.- Preface.- 1 General overview.- 2 Epidemiology and risk factors.- 3 Breast imaging.- 4 Interventional diagnostics.- 5 Pathology and biologic features .- 6 Non-palpable lesion localization.- 7 Conservative breast surgery.- 8 Conservative mastectomies and breast reconstruction.- 9 Axillary surgery.- 10 Breast irradiation.- 11 Adjuvant systemic therapy.- 12 Recurrence and related issues.- Subject index.