Auteur : Kuerer, Henry M. (Henry Mark)

Maison d'édition : McGraw-Hill Medical

Date de publication : 2010

Collation : lii, 1125 p. : ill. + 1 DVD

ISBN : 9780071601764 (série)

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : 1. Etiology, assesing risk, initial evaluation and management -- 2. Pathology of the breast and clinical management -- 3. Imaging -- 4. Landmark clinical trials in breast surgical oncology -- 5. Operative management -- 6. Plastic and breast reconstruction -- 7. Systemic therapy of breast cancer -- 8. Radiation -- 9. Follow-up and complications following diagnosis and therapy

Résumé : Written by an internationally recognized multidisciplinary team of authors, Kuerer's Breast Surgical Oncology is the first text specifically dedicated to breast surgical oncology. Turn to any page, and you'll find cutting-edge, evidence-based information and insights—supplemented by a full-color presentation and a companion DVD—all designed to help provide a solid foundation for current and future best practices.

Kuerer's examines all clinically relevant knowledge in the field, from the pathology of the breast and clinical management, to follow-up and complications following diagnosis and therapy. The book also focuses on the next wave of molecular studies that represent the future of the discipline.

Features:

• Complete integration of the relevant disease pathology with clinical management
• Major sections on both oncoplastic and advanced operative management procedures
• An entire section on landmark breast cancer clinical trials that highlights essential knowledge and evidence in the field
• Full-color design with 750 illustrations that depict anatomy, breast cancer pathology, and trial results
• A DVD with surgical video clips that details some of the important surgical techniques and procedures featured in the text
• An entire section on breast imaging and an atlas on breast ultrasound and biopsy techniques that facilitate accurate diagnosis and treatment
• Timely, special chapter on the influence of the media and the internet on breast cancer care and the funding of breast cancer research
• A detailed overview of currently open and accruing clinical trials, along with the future critical questions that must be answered to move the field forward
• Coverage of molecular findings that provides an enhanced perspsective on the full spectrum of malignancies with which they work

Mots-clés : Sein - Cancer - Chirurgie

Cote : WP 870 K96 2010