Diseases of the breast

Content: Breast anatomy and development. Breast anatomy and development --
Stem cells in breast development and carcinogenesis: concepts and clinical perspectives --
Diagnosis and management of benign breast disease. Physical examination of the breast --
Management of the palpable breast mass --
Management of disorders of the ductal system and infections --
Management of breast pain --
Abnormalities of the breast in pregnancy and lactation --
Management of gynecomastia --
Pathology of benign breast disorders --
Breast imaging and image-guided biopsy techniques. Breast cancer screening --
Imaging analysis: mammography --
Imaging analysis: ultrasonography --
Imaging analysis: magnetic resonance imaging --
New breast imaging techniques --
Image-guided biopsy of nonpalpable breast lesions --
Epidemiology and assessing and managing risk. Inherited genetic factors and breast cancer --
Genetic testing and management of patients with hereditary breast cancer --
Nongenetic factors in the causation of breast cancer --
Management of other high risk patients --
Chemoprevention --
In situ carcinoma. Ductal carcinoma in situ and other intraductal lesions: pathology, immunohistochemistry, and molecular alterations --
Lobular carcinoma in situ: biology and management --
Ductal carcinoma in situ and microinvasive carcinoma --
Pathology and biological markers of invasive breast cancer. Genomic events in breast cancer progression --
Pathology of invasive breast cancer --
Estrogen and progesterone receptor testing for prognosis and prediction --
HER2/ERBB2 testing: assessment of status for targeted therapies --
Clinical and pathologic prognostic and predictive factors --
Genomics, prognosis, and therapeutic interventions --
Bone marrow micrometastases and circulating tumor cells --
Management of primary invasive breast cancer. Evaluation of patients for metastasis prior to primary therapy --
Staging of breast cancer --
Mastectomy --
Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy --
Breast-conserving therapy --
Breast reconstruction --
Sentinel lymph node biopsy --
Axillary dissection --
Preserving and restoring function after local treatment --
Lymphedema --
Local management of the axilla --
Postmastectomy radiation therapy --
Adjuvant systemic therapy: endocrine therapy --
Adjuvant systemic chemotherapy in early breast cancer --
Adjuvant chemo endocrine therapy --
Adjuvant and preoperative systemic therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer --
Adjuvant systemic therapy: bone-targeted treatments --
Pharmacogenomics of systemic therapy --
Implications of obesity in breast cancer --
Lifestyle issues in breast cancer survivors --
Management of menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors --
Long-term and late effects of primary curative intent therapy: neurocognitive, cardiac, and secondary malignancies --
Adjuvant systemic therapy treatment guidelines. Preoperative systemic therapy. Preoperative chemotherapy for operable breast cancer --
Preoperative endocrine therapy for operable breast cancer --
Pathologic assessment of treatment response after neoadjuvant therapy --
Local-regional therapy following systemic treatment --
Locally advanced breast cancer --
Inflammatory breast cancer --
Preoperative systemic therapy for breast cancer --Special therapeutic problems. Male breast cancer --
Phyllodes tumors --
Paget's disease --
Nonepithelial malignancies of the breast --
Breast cancer during pregnancy and subsequent pregnancy in breast cancer survivors --
Occult primary cancer with axillary metastases --
Evaluation after primary therapy and management of recurrent breast cancer. Surveillance of patients following primary therapy --
Surgery for the primary in patients with distant metastases --
Management of local regional recurrences after primary breast cancer treatment --
Treatment of metastatic breast cancer: endocrine --
Treatment of metastatic breast cancer: chemotherapy --
Treatment of HER2-overexpressing metastatic breast cancer --
Palliative care in breast cancer --
Management summary for the care of patients with metastatic breast cancer --
New breast cancer therapeutic approaches. Newer targeted therapy --
Site-specific therapy of metastatic breast cancer. Brain metastases --
Metastatic epidural spinal cord compression --
Leptomeningeal metastasis --
Brachial plexopathy in patients with breast cancer --
Ophthalmic metastases --
Management of isolated liver metastases --
Medical treatment for bone metastases --
Local management of bone metastases --
Breast cancer in specific populations. Breast cancer in older women --
Breast cancer in younger women --
Breast cancer in minority women --
Issues in breast cancer survivorship. Nursing care in patient management and quality of life --
Overview of survivorship issues --
Psychosocial adaptation during and after breast cancer --
Reproductive issues in breast cancer survivors --
Cost and cost effectiveness considerations.