Overview
- Provides a concise yet comprehensive summary
- New opportunities to scale down on the extent of local therapy and its toxicity
- Written by experts in their fields
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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History of Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy in Breast Cancer
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Pre- and Post-neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy Imaging Considerations
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Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy
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Surgical Considerations in a Patient Receiving Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy
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The Role of Radiation Therapy in Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy
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Pathology, Guidelines and Ongoing Clinical Trials
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About this book
This text will provide a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of this field, and will serve as a valuable resource for clinicians (surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists) and researchers with an interest in breast cancer. The book will review novel and evoling strategies in neoadjuvant systemic therapy forn early stage breast cancer, provide new perspectives about appropriate axillary imaging in anticipation of neoadjuvant systemic therapy, and describe new data on innovative surgical techniques and Radiation Oncology concepts designed to deescalate the extent and toxicity of local therapy while insuring oncologic safety. Several landmark clinical trials have been published in the last few years and will be placed in context with respect to current management. Integration of novel diagnostic and interventional breast imaging, local therapy (surgery and radiation) with contemporary systemic therapy will also be discussed.
This text will serve as a very useful resource for physicians and researchers dealing with, and interested in, this challenging field. It will provide a concise yet comprehensive summary of the current status of the field that will help guide patient management and stimulate investigative efforts. All chapters will be written by experts in their fields and will include the most up to date scientific and clinical information.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Breast Surgery
Pittsburgh, PA
USA
Faina Nakhlis
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Centar
Boston, MA
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Management of the Breast and Axilla in the Neoadjuvant Setting
Editors: Atilla Soran, Faina Nakhlis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88020-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-88019-4Published: 15 December 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-88022-4Published: 16 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-88020-0Published: 14 December 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 377
Number of Illustrations: 72 b/w illustrations, 80 illustrations in colour
Topics: General Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Oncology