Breast Cancer in the Male Patient
Fig. 45.1 The role of breast MRI in this subset of patients is not clear yet, although it may have a role in cases of diagnostic difficulty/discordancy 45.5 Differential Diagnosis…
Fertility Preservation in Women with Breast Cancer
Degree of risk of permanent amenorrhoea Age (years) Cancer treatment regimen for breast cancer High risk (>80%) ≥40 CMF, CEF,CAF,TAC x 6 cycles Moderate risk (40–60%) ≥40 30–39 any AC x…
Breast Cancer in Special Groups: Breast Cancer in Pregnancy
Fig. 42.1 Algorithm for the management of women with breast cancer during pregnancy 42.2 Diagnosis and Staging BCP generally presents at a more advanced stage at diagnosis as compared to breast…
Physiology and Developmental Stages of the Breast
Fig. 2.1 a The milk lines in a generalized mammalian embryo. Mammary glands form along these lines. b Common sites of formation of supernumerary nipples or mammary glands along the course…
Hereditary Breast Cancer
Gene Relative risk (Ref.) Absolute risk by 70–80 years of age (%) Associated tumours BRCA1 11.4 [3] 75 Breast, ovarian carcinoma BRCA2 11.7 [3] 76 Breast, ovarian carcinoma TP53 4.3–9.3 [4]…
Adjuvant Molecular Therapies in Breast Cancer
(1) Breast Unit-Medical Oncology, Sint-Augustinus Cancer Centre, Iridium Network, Antwerp, Belgium (2) Medical Oncology, EUSOMA Breast Unit, Sint-Augustinus, Oosterveldlaan 24, Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium A. Prove Email: annemie.prove@gza.be 37.1 Introduction…
Adjuvant Chemotherapy
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Lynda Wyld, Christos Markopoulos, Marjut Leidenius and Elżbieta Senkus-Konefka (eds.)Breast Cancer Management for Surgeonshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56673-3_36 36. Adjuvant Chemotherapy Giuseppe Curigliano1 , Angela Esposito1 and Carmen Criscitiello1 (1) Division of Early Drug Development, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milano,…
Breast Cancer Screening
The condition should be a significant health problem The natural history should be understood There should be an early or latent stage Treatment at an early stage should be of…
Effect of Oestrogen Exposure, Obesity, Exercise and Diet on Breast Cancer Risk
Fig. 4.1 Dose-response meta-analysis for the association between BMI and risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women (From Xia et al. [60] Weight Change A number of studies have assessed the…
The Role of Breast Cancer Chemoprevention in High-Risk Women
Name Menopausal status Risk setting Key trials Significant breast cancer risk reduction Side effects SERM Tamoxifen Pre and post High risk and normal population risk NSABP-P1, IBIS-1, Marsden, Italian Yes,…
