{"product_id":"abc-of-breast-diseases-isbn-9781444337969","title":"ABC of Breast Diseases","description":"The \u003ci\u003eABC of Breast Diseases\u003c\/i\u003e provides comprehensive guidance to the assessment of symptoms, and how to manage all common breast conditions and provides guidelines on referral. It covers congenital problems, breast infection and mastalgia, before addressing the epidemiology, prevention, screening and diagnosis of breast cancer. It outlines the treatment and management options for breast cancer within different groups and includes new chapters on the genetics, prevention, management of high risk women and the psychological aspects of breast diseases. \u003cp\u003eEdited and written by internationally renowned experts in the field and highly illustrated in full colour, this fourth edition remains a practical guide for general practitioners, family physicians, practice nurses and breast care nurses as well as for surgeons and oncologists both in training and recently qualified as well as medical students.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Symptoms Assessment and Guidelines for Referral 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Congenital Problems and Aberrations of Normal Development and Involution 12\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Mastalgia 25\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJulie Iddon and J Michael Dixon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Breast Infection 31\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ Michael Dixon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Breast Cancer: Epidemiology Risk Factors and Genetics 41\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIvana Sestak Jack Cuzick and Gareth Evans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Prevention of Breast Cancer 47\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIvana Sestak Jack Cuzick Gareth Evans and Ava Kwong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Screening for Breast Cancer 51\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobin Wilson Douglas Macmillan and Julietta Patnick\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Breast Cancer 59\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Management of Regional Nodes in Breast Cancer 68\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNigel Bundred J Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Breast Cancer: Treatment of Elderly Patients and Uncommon Conditions 77\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ Michael Dixon and Richard Sainsbury\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Role of Systemic Treatment of Primary Operable Breast Cancer 86\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAA Kotsori and Ian Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Locally Advanced Breast Cancer 102\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ Michael Dixon and Robert Leonard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Metastatic Breast Cancer 109\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Leonard and J Michael Dixon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Prognostic Factors 119\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlastair Thompson and Sarah Pinder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Psychological Impact of Breast Cancer 125\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBelinda Hacking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Carcinoma in situ 130\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNigel Bundred and J Michael Dixon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Breast Reconstruction 138\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ Michael Dixon Cameron Raine and Eva M Weiler-Mithoff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ Michael Dixon\u003c\/b\u003e, Consultant Surgeon and Professor of Surgery, Edinburgh Breast Unit, and Clinical Director, Breakthrough Research Unit, Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eABC of Breast Diseases, Fourth edition About the ABC of Breast Diseases\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by J Michael Dixon, Professor of Surgery and Consultant Surgeon, Edinburgh Breast Unit, and Clinical Director, Breakthrough Research Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreast diseases are common and often encountered by health professionals in primary care. While the incidence of breast cancer is increasing, earlier detection and improved treatments are helping to reduce breast cancer mortality.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ABC of Breast Diseases\u003c\/i\u003e provides comprehensive guidance to the assessment of symptoms, how to manage all common breast conditions and guidelines on referral. It covers congenital problems, breast infection and mastalgia, before addressing the epidemiology, prevention, screening and diagnosis of breast cancer. 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The newly designed books remain an essential reference tool for GPs, GP registrars, junior doctors and those in primary care, designed to address the concerns of general practitioners and provide effective study aids for doctors in training.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow offering over 70 titles, this extensive series provides you with a quick and dependable reference on a range of topics in all the major specialities. Each book in the new series now offers links to further information and articles, and a new dedicated website provides you with even more support.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ABC series is the essential and dependable source of up-to-date information for all practitioners and students in general practice.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo receive automatic updates on books and journals in your specialty, join our email list. 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