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John Wiley Management Of Patients At High Risk For Breast Cancer by Victor G. Vogel
This book is the first to identify women who are at increased risk for developing breast cancer as a large and increasingly important population in need of special health-care attention. By examining the factors that contribute to their risk and using quantitative risk models, Management of patients at High Risk offers practical, authoritative guidance in the management of these patients, both healthy and ill.The book covers the spectrum of issues clinicians face in providing expert counsel and effective, human care-including the many diagnostic and therapeutic options available. Chapters summarize the most recent thinking on generics, epidemiology, and the role of mammography, pharmacologic and surgical prevention and treatment. The authors review both the benefits and disadvantages of various management options and discusses important considerations such as costs, psychological management, and the associated legal and ethical issues. A practical model for organizing a risk assessment clinic is also presented.
1. Epidemiology of Breast Cancer2. Genetics of Breast Cancer 3. Clinical Characteristics of Genetically Determined Breast Cancer 4. Quantitative Breast Cancer Risk Assessment5. Clinical Characteristics of Genetically Determined Ovarian Cancer 6. Genetic Screening for Ovarian Cancer Risk Assessment7. Contemporary Breast Imaging in the High Risk Assessment8. Imaging Guided Percutaneous Biopsies9. New Horizons in Breast Imaging10. Development of a Risk Assessment Clinic11. Prophylactic Mastectomy12. Chemoprevention: Reducing Breast Cancer Risk13. Psychological Management of Women at RIsk for Breast Cancer14. Legal and Ethical Issues in Risk Assessment, Management and Testing15. Cost Effectiveness of the Identification of Women at High Risk for the Development of Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer16. Population-Based Prevention Strategies Index