Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsy

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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…

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Invasive Breast Cancer

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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. •…

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Partial Breast Irradiation

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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…

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Axillary Management

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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…

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Risk Factors and Risk Assessment

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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),…

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Surgical Biopsy

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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…

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Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomy

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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…

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Neoadjuvant Therapy

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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,…

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