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Management of Breast Cancer in Older Women

Management of Breast Cancer in Older Women offers the reader evidence-based clinical knowledge of older patients suffering from breast cancer. It presents the most up-to-date research and clinical knowledge from the leading specialists across a range of fields that come into contact with older breas...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Reed, Malcolm W. (Editor), Audisio, Riccardo A. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Geriatrics.
Radiology, Medical.
Oncology.
Cancer > Surgery.
Medicine & Public Health.
Geriatrics/Gerontology.
Diagnostic Radiology.
Surgical Oncology.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-265-4
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Background and Epidemiology
  • Basic Science of Breast Cancer in Older Patients
  • Tumor Biology and Pathology
  • Clinical Epidemiology and the Impact of Co-Morbidity on Survival
  • Part II: Special Considerations in the Management of Older Women
  • Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
  • A Practical Mini-Guide to Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
  • Physiological Effects of Aging on Systemic Treatment: Impact on Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Breast Cancer Medication
  • Impact of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Breast Cancer
  • Experiences of a Multidisciplinary Elderly Breast Cancer Clinic: Using the Right Specialists, in the Same Place, with Time
  • Part III: Therapeutics
  • Mammographic Breast Screening in the Elderly
  • Primary Endocrine Therapy for the Treatment of Early Breast Cancer in Older Women
  • Per-operative Radiotherapy
  • General and Local Anesthetics
  • The Surgical Management of Breast Cancer in Elderly Women
  • Breast Reconstruction
  • Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy
  • Adjuvant Chemotherapy
  • Adjuvant Radiotherapy
  • Prevention and Treatment of Skeletal Complications
  • Medical Management of Advanced Diseases
  • The Use of Chemotherapy in Elderly Cancer Patients: Dose Adjusting, Drug Interactions and Polypharmacy
  • Part IV: Psychosocial Considerations
  • Delayed Presentation of Breast Cancer in Older Women
  • Patient Decision Making
  • Culture, Ethnicity and Race: Persistent Disparities in Older Women with Breast Cancer
  • Supportive, Palliative Care and End of life Care for Older Breast Cancer Patients.

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