Early Breast Cancer: From Screening to Multidisciplinary Management 2nd Edition

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 4
Contributors......Page 6
Foreword......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Preface......Page 12
1. An introduction to screening for breast cancer......Page 14
2. Mammographic density as an indicator of breast cancer risk......Page 28
3. Genetics and breast screening......Page 33
4. Endocrine prevention of breast cancer......Page 43
5. The biological basis for breast cancer screening and relevance to treatment......Page 48
6. Interval carcinomas......Page 62
7. Mammographic screening in women under age 50......Page 80
8. A critical appraisal of breast cancer screening for women aged 50 and over......Page 88
9. The organisation of breast screening......Page 96
10. Quality assurance and evaluation in the NHS Breast Screening Programme......Page 103
11. Film reading and recall of patients in screening and symptomatic mammography......Page 114
12. Radiology of the normal breast and differential diagnosis of benign breast lesions......Page 121
13. The radial scar......Page 134
14. Circumscribed breast masses......Page 140
15. Microcalcifications......Page 148
16. Asymmetry of breast tissue and distortion of architecture......Page 167
17. Ultrasound in the diagnosis of small breast carcinomas......Page 178
18. New radiological techniques: digital mammography, MRI, scintimammography, PET and some more for ‘Tomorrow’s World’......Page 188
19. Fine-needle aspiration cytology......Page 213
20. Core and diagnostic biopsies......Page 223
21. Preoperative localization of impalpable breast abnormalities......Page 230
22. ABBI Advanced Breast Biopsy Instrumentation......Page 237
23. The Fischer Table, Mammotome and Site Select......Page 244
24. The normal breast and benign breast lesions......Page 251
25. Histological risk factors, prognostic indicators and staging......Page 267
26. Premalignant and borderline lesions: ductal and lobular carcinoma in situ......Page 279
27. Invasive breast carcinoma......Page 299
28. Molecular investigation of breast disease......Page 332
29. Cytological and histological correlation in breast cytopathology......Page 341
30. Radio-pathological correlations......Page 350
31. The multidisciplinary team in breast cancer management......Page 357
32. Ductal carcinoma in situ: clinical studies and controversies in treatment......Page 362
33. Surgical treatment of early invasive breast cancer......Page 388
34. The importance of resection margins in conservative surgery......Page 394
35. Local recurrence after breast conservation treatment......Page 402
36. Management of the axilla I......Page 422
37. Management of the axilla II......Page 428
38. The role of intra-operative radiotherapy (IORT) in the conservative management of early-stage breast cancer......Page 435
39. Radiotherapy in early breast cancer......Page 445
40. Systemic adjuvant therapy for breast cancer......Page 453
41. Medico-legal aspects......Page 468
42. Informed consent in the management and research of breast cancer......Page 474
Index......Page 493