ABC of Breast Diseases 4e

<p>Contributors vii<br /><br />Preface ix<br /><br />1 Symptoms Assessment and Guidelines for Referral 1<br />J Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas<br /><br />2 Congenital Problems and Aberrations of Normal Development and Involution 12<br />J Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas<br /><br />3 Mastalgia 25<br />Julie Iddon and J Michael Dixon<br /><br />4 Breast Infection 31<br />J Michael Dixon<br /><br />5 Breast Cancer: Epidemiology Risk Factors and Genetics 41<br />Ivana Sestak Jack Cuzick and Gareth Evans<br /><br />6 Prevention of Breast Cancer 47<br />Ivana Sestak Jack Cuzick Gareth Evans and Ava Kwong<br /><br />7 Screening for Breast Cancer 51<br />Robin Wilson Douglas Macmillan and Julietta Patnick<br /><br />8 Breast Cancer 59<br />J Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas<br /><br />9 Management of Regional Nodes in Breast Cancer 68<br />Nigel Bundred J Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas<br /><br />10 Breast Cancer: Treatment of Elderly Patients and Uncommon Conditions 77<br />J Michael Dixon and Richard Sainsbury<br /><br />11 Role of Systemic Treatment of Primary Operable Breast Cancer 86<br />AA Kotsori and Ian Smith<br /><br />12 Locally Advanced Breast Cancer 102<br />J Michael Dixon and Robert Leonard<br /><br />13 Metastatic Breast Cancer 109<br />Robert Leonard and J Michael Dixon<br /><br />14 Prognostic Factors 119<br />Alastair Thompson and Sarah Pinder<br /><br />15 Psychological Impact of Breast Cancer 125<br />Belinda Hacking<br /><br />16 Carcinoma in situ 130<br />Nigel Bundred and J Michael Dixon<br /><br />17 Breast Reconstruction 138<br />J Michael Dixon Cameron Raine and Eva M Weiler–Mithoff<br /><br />Index 151</p>