Psychosocial Adaptation during and after Breast Cancer Kimberley L. Miller Julia H. Rowland Mary Jane Massie INTRODUCTION Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among American women, with…
Overview of Survivorship Issues Ann H. Partridge Larissa Nekhlyudov OVERVIEW Cancer survivorship has been defined as the period of time from diagnosis through the balance of a person’s life (1)….
Nursing Care in Patient Management and Quality of Life Karen Meneses Deborah K. Walker Nurses have an integral role in the interdisciplinary management of patients from prevention, screening, and early…
Breast Cancer in Minority Women Katherine E. Reeder-Hayes, Stephanie B. Wheeler, Lisa A. Carey INTRODUCTION: A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING BREAST CANCER DISPARITIES The study of breast cancer in minority women…
Breast Cancer in Younger Women Ann H. Partridge Aron Goldhirsch Shari Gelber Richard D. Gelber OVERVIEW Breast cancer rarely occurs in young women. Of the hundreds of thousands of breast…
Breast Cancer in Older Women Gretchen Kimmick Kevin S. Hughes Hyman B. Muss BACKGROUND: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BIOLOGY Disparities in breast cancer outcome in older women, where older is typically defined…
Local Management of Bone Metastases J. Sybil Biermann Albert J. Aboulafia James A. Hayman Historically, published information and clinical trials relating to the skeletal complications of malignancy combined data that…
Medical Treatment for Bone Metastases Stephen V. Liu Christy A. Russell MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR BONE METASTASES Skeletal metastases are a common event in breast cancer, responsible for profound patient morbidity…
Management of Isolated Liver Metastases Rebecca Miksad Douglas W. Hanto Robert D. Timmerman Steven Come INTRODUCTION About half of patients with metastatic breast cancer develop liver metastases, a finding that…
Ophthalmic Metastases Christopher A. Barker Beryl McCormick David H. Abramson Ophthalmic metastases refer to secondary malignant neoplasms occurring in or around the eye. The uvea is the highly vascular middle…
