Breast Cancer Overview: Risk Factors, Screening, Genetic Testing, and Prevention
June 1, 2015
This management guide covers the risk factors, symptoms, screening, diagnosis, prevention, and staging of breast cancer.
Melanie Royce, MD, PhD
Stages 0 and I Breast Cancer
June 1, 2015
This management guide covers the diagnosis and treatment of early-stage breast cancers, including lobular carincoma in situ (LCIS), ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), and both noninvasive and invasive disease.
Stage II Breast Cancer
June 1, 2015
This management guide covers the treatment of stage II breast cancer, malignancies with primary tumors > 2 cm that involve ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes and tumors ≤ 5 cm without nodal involvement.
Stages III and IV Breast Cancer
June 1, 2015
This chapter addresses the diagnosis and management of locally advanced, locally recurrent, and metastatic breast cancer, that is, stages III and IV disease.
HER2-Targeted Therapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer: A Comprehensive Review
April 15, 2014
This review discusses the treatment of primary, nonmetastatic HER2-positive breast cancer in the adjuvant and neoadjuvant settings—settings in which tremendous progress has been made.
Disparities in Cancer Care Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities
September 1, 2006
Eliminating cancer disparities—not only for racial/minority groups but for all underserved populations—must be a priority for those involved in cancer care. For individual practitioners, the first step in addressing disparities is accomplished through understanding the possibility that disparities exist in varying depth and complexity for each racial or ethnic minority patient.
