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Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer

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Editors:
  1. Monica Castiglione

    1. Inselspital, Univ. Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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  2. Martine J. Piccart

    1. Inst. Jules Bordet, Universite Libre Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

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  • Written by leading experts in the field of breast cancer with a unique perspective, all contributors are female, except for one male breast cancer survivor
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 151)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Basics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. History of Adjuvant Therapy

      • Pinuccia Valagussa
      Pages 3-12

    3. Prognostic and Predictive Factors

      • Laura Biganzoli
      Pages 13-30

    4. New Perspectives for Therapy Choice

      • Anne- Catherine Andres
      Pages 31-40

    5. Pathology Role in Adjuvant Setting

      • Angelika Reiner-Concin
      Pages 41-61

    6. Guidelines, Consensus Conferences and Overviews (Meta-analysis)

      • Kathleen I. Pritchard
      Pages 63-76

    7. Statistical Issues and Challenges

      • Meredith M. Regan
      Pages 77-90

  3. Treatments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Multidisciplinary Care: Optimising Team Performance

      • Frances M. Boyle
      Pages 93-101

    3. Preoperative Chemo- and Endocrine Therapy

      • Rosalba Torrisi
      Pages 103-120

    4. Adjuvant Chemotherapy

      • M. Tubiana-Hulin, M. Gardner
      Pages 121-137

    5. Postoperative Endocrine Therapy for Invasive Breast Cancer

      • Leisha A. Emens, Nancy E. Davidson
      Pages 139-161

    6. Adjuvant Therapy of Breast Cancer – Bisphosphonates

      • Tiina Saarto
      Pages 163-177

  4. New Wind in the Adjuvant Setting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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    2. Trastuzumab

      • Edith A. Perez, Frances M. Palmieri, Shelly M. Brock
      Pages 181-196

    3. Lapatinib: New Directions in HER2 Directed Therapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer

      • A. Jo Chien, Hope S. Rugo
      Pages 197-215

  5. Special Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Supportive Care During Adjuvant Treatment

      • Annabel Pollard
      Pages 219-238

    3. Dose in (Adjuvant) Chemotherapy of Breast Cancer

      • Ulrike. Nitz
      Pages 239-253
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About this book

Adjuvant treatment is administered prior to or as follow up to surgical procedures for breast cancer. Proven success in using medical therapies allowing for breast conserving procedures or reducing risk of occurrence. Although there has been much progress towards a cure, including the introduction of new targeted therapies, metastasizing cancer remains highly incurable.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Inselspital, Univ. Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Monica Castiglione

  • Inst. Jules Bordet, Universite Libre Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Martine J. Piccart

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer

  • Editors: Monica Castiglione, Martine J. Piccart

  • Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75115-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-75114-6Published: 24 July 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-1716-3Published: 06 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-75115-3Published: 11 July 2009

  • Series ISSN: 0927-3042

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 490

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Cancer Research

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