Swanton / Johnston Handbook of Metastatic Breast Cancer, Second Edition

2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-84184-812-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten

Recent developments with novel systemic drugs, palliative surgical techniques and diagnostic imaging have given hope for the treatment of patients whose breast cancer has spread beyond its primary tumour. Written by a team from leading cancer centres in Europe, including the UK's Royal Marsden Hospital, the Handbook of Metastatic Breast Cancer, Second Edition provides advanced scientific information and guidance on clinical problems associated with metastatic breast cancer.

Zielgruppe

Medical and clinical oncologists, breast surgeons, radiologists, neurosurgeons, orthopaedic and thoracic surgeons, and clinical scientists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Swanton, Charles

Johnston, Stephen R. D.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Gynäkologie, Geburtshilfe
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Onkologie, Krebsforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Stephen RD Johnston; Charles Swanton
The prognostic and predictive value of gene expression signatures in breast cancer
Hatem A. Azim, Jr., Debora Fumagalli, Christos Sotiriou

Systemic Treatments
Targeting ER positive metastatic breast cancer
Stephen RD Johnston
Targeting HER2+ and Trastuzumab Resistant metastatic breast cancer
Javier Cortes
Targeting Triple Negative Sporadic and hereditary BRCA related metastatic Breast Cancer
Sarah Barton; Nick Turner
Chemotherapy and metastatic breast cancer
Charles Swanton
Bisphosphonates and their role in metastatic breast cancer
David A Cameron
Targeting Angiogenesis in Metastatic Breast Cancer
David Miles

Imaging and Response Assessment
Imaging in the management of metastatic breast cancer
David MacVicar
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography in metastatic breast cancer
Bhupinder Sharma; Asim Afaq
Novel biomarker approaches for improving therapeutic strategies in metastatic breast cancer
Roberta Ferraldeschi; Gerhardt Attard

Local Treatment Options
Palliative radiotherapy in the management of metastatic breast cancer
Anthony Chalmers; Richard Simcock
.Management of neurological complications in metastatic breast cancer
Adrian Casey; Syed MR Kabir
Thoracic complications
George Ladas
Orthopaedic complications
Kuldeep K Stohr; Stuart C Evans
Thermal ablation of hepatic metastases
Andy Adam
Palliative Care and Metastatic Breast Cancer
Jayne Wood; Anna-Marie Stevens
Specialist Support Services and Information Needs for Patients
Melissa Warren; Diane Mackie