Main description:

*takes a patient centred approach

* reflects contemporary multi-disciplinary team approach

* assesses breast cancer in specialist circumstances eg very young, pregnant, very old

* clearly illustrated to highlight key issues

Contents:

Section I - Initial Assessment

Family History and High-Risk Surveillance. The Principles of Triple Assessment Breast Screening. Mammography and Ultrasound. MRI. Localisation and Biopsy. Traditional Histopathology of Breast Cancer

The Management of B3 Lesions

The Management of Phyllodes

The Management of Intraduct Papillomas

The Evolution of the MDT

Section II - First Treatment

Neo-Adjuvant Hormone Blockade

Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy

Multifocal and Multicentric Disease

Wide Excision or Mastectomy

Mastectomy Plus or Minus Reconstruction

The Mystery of DCIS

The Bigger Mystery of LCIS

Learning About Lobular

Anaesthesia and Analgesia

Day Case Surgery

The ERAS Nurse

Section III - Conversations about Conservation

Incision Planning and Operating on Difficult Areas

Perforator Breast Flaps

Oncoplastic Wide Excision

Section IV - Rebuilding the Breast

Timing of Reconstruction

The Effects of Radiotherapy on Reconstruction

Nipple Sparing Mastectomy

Sub-Pectoral Implants

Pre-Pectoral Implants

Latissimus Dorsi Flaps

Free Flaps

Lipomodelling

Nipple Reconstruction

Section V - Managing the Axilla: Less is More?

Management of the Axilla

Section VI - Oncology

Hormonal Blockade

Chemotherapy

Radiotherapy

Complementary Alternative Medicine

Patterns of Recurrence

Locoregional Inoperable Recurrence

The Value of Radiology from Diagnosis to Distant Relapse

Palliative Care

Section VII - Tomorrow's World

Predictive Assays and New Taxonomy

Modern Pathology

Breast Cancer Genetics

Technical Innovations

Advances in Radiology

Advances in Oncology

Future Roles of the Breast Nurse

Section VIII - Survivorship

To Follow-Up or not to Follow Up: That is the Question

Modifiable Risk Factors

Lymphoedema

Long Term Implications of Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy

Psychological Effects of Oncoplastic Surgery

Section IX - The Difficult Scenario

Young and Pregnant Women

Fertility Issues

The BRCA Positive Patient

Risk Reducing Mastectomy

The Older Woman

Male Breast Cancer

Section X - The Principles of Cosmetic Breast Surgery

Augmentation

Implants

Reduction and Mastopexy

Gynaecomastia

Section XI - Maintaining Good Practice

Probity and Professional Standards

Dealing with Complaints

Collecting Data and Statistics

Getting It Right First Time

Social Media for the Breast

3D Modelling for Aesthetics

The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic