10 Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy Steve H. Parker, Terese I. Kaske, Judy L. Chavez KEY POINTS • Significant improvements have been made in imaging and image-guided biopsy techniques in the…

3 Invasive Breast Cancer Michael D. Stamatakos KEY POINTS • Diagnosis of invasive breast cancer requires a complex assessment of the gross features, histologic features, and occasionally special stains. •…

22 Partial Breast Irradiation Rachel Rabinovitch KEY POINTS • Partial breast irradiation (PBI) was developed primarily to shorten treatment time when compared with whole breast irradiation (WBI). • There are…

8 Radiologic Techniques for Early Detection and Diagnosis John M. Lewin KEY POINTS • Mammography is still the best screening test for the early detection of breast cancer for most…

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…

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),…

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…

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…

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,…

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…