Breast Cancer, A Heterogeneous Disease Entity: The Very Early Stages
by Tibor Tot /
2011 / English / PDF
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The volume raises attention to the need of a completely new
approach to breast cancer based on the knowledge collected on early
breast cancer in the past two decades. The chapters are contributed
by experts of all the fields participating in the clinical research
and care of breast cancer. The practical importance of such a book
is underlined by the increasing number of breast cancer cases, and
also the increasing proportion of early stage-cases. The ultimate
goal of the book is to point to the heterogeneous nature of the
disease which is more striking and has more importance in care at
the very early stages than at the more advanced stages. The book
recommends the utilization of all the information provided by
multimodality imaging and special pathological methods, a new
classification system and therapeutic guidelines since early breast
cancers should not be treated based on experience obtained with
palpable tumors. No similar book has been yet released to the
market. The book is written for all the members of the team
participating in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer
(radiologists, pathologists, surgeons, clinical and radiation
oncologists), but may be useful for medical students and residents
too. The chapters are illustrated with didactic pictures, and
special emphasis is given to provide a peep into the practice of
the special procedures for the careful examination and
individualized therapy of each case.
The volume raises attention to the need of a completely new
approach to breast cancer based on the knowledge collected on early
breast cancer in the past two decades. The chapters are contributed
by experts of all the fields participating in the clinical research
and care of breast cancer. The practical importance of such a book
is underlined by the increasing number of breast cancer cases, and
also the increasing proportion of early stage-cases. The ultimate
goal of the book is to point to the heterogeneous nature of the
disease which is more striking and has more importance in care at
the very early stages than at the more advanced stages. The book
recommends the utilization of all the information provided by
multimodality imaging and special pathological methods, a new
classification system and therapeutic guidelines since early breast
cancers should not be treated based on experience obtained with
palpable tumors. No similar book has been yet released to the
market. The book is written for all the members of the team
participating in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer
(radiologists, pathologists, surgeons, clinical and radiation
oncologists), but may be useful for medical students and residents
too. The chapters are illustrated with didactic pictures, and
special emphasis is given to provide a peep into the practice of
the special procedures for the careful examination and
individualized therapy of each case.