Axillary Management
15 Axillary Management M. Catherine Lee, Michael S. Sabel KEY POINTS • Axillary assessment by clinical examination alone is extremely inaccurate. Ultrasound evaluation of axillary lymph nodes is a growing…
Risk Factors and Risk Assessment
4 Risk Factors and Risk Assessment Nancy S. Goldstein, Constance R. Ziegfeld KEY POINTS • Lifetime risk of breast cancer in the United States is 12.5% (1 woman in 8),…
Surgical Biopsy
11 Surgical Biopsy Elizabeth Prier KEY POINTS • Screening for breast cancer includes selfexamination, physical examination by a clinician, and imaging. • Palpable breast lesions are amenable to biopsy by…
Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy
13 Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy Alex Colque, Hanjoon Song, Erica D. Anderson KEY POINTS • Breast reconstruction should be offered to all patients undergoing mastectomy. • Immediate breast reconstruction offers…
Neoadjuvant Therapy
17 Neoadjuvant Therapy Susanne Briest, Vered Stearns KEY POINTS • Neoadjuvant or preoperative or primary systemic chemotherapy became widely accepted in the treatment of patients with inoperable locally advanced disease,…
Mammary Ductoscopy
24 Mammary Ductoscopy Edward R. Sauter KEY POINTS • Currently available breast cancer screening tools such as mammography and breast examination miss up to 40% of early breast cancers and…
Breast Cancer and Pregnancy
23 Breast Cancer and Pregnancy Scott W. McGee, Donald C. Doll KEY POINTS • Pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) is defined as breast cancer occurring in pregnancy or within 1 year…
The Use of Molecular Profiles in the Management of Breast Cancer
21 The Use of Molecular Profiles in the Management of Breast Cancer Anthony D. Elias KEY POINTS • Biologic subtypes of breast cancer are currently defined by the presence of…
Radiation Oncology
16 Radiation Oncology Richard Zellars, Timothy George, Lee Myers KEY POINTS • Outcomes in overall survival with mastectomy and breast-conserving therapy (BCT) are similar. • Results of the National Surgical…
Ductal and Lobular Proliferations: Preinvasive Breast Disease
2 Ductal and Lobular Proliferations: Preinvasive Breast Disease Meenakshi Singh, Jon V. Rittenbach KEY POINTS • Epithelial proliferative diseases of the breast most commonly arise adjacent to or from the…
