عنوان

Non-Disseminated Breast Cancer :

(Number (ISBN

3642845932

(Number (ISBN

9783642845932

Number

b544026

Title Proper

Non-Disseminated Breast Cancer :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Controversial Issues in Management

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Gilbert H. Fletcher, Seymour H. Levitt.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1993

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(xiv, 168 pages 42 illustrations)

Series Title

Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology.

Text of Note

G.H. Fletcher: Is Breast Cancer Curable?- W. Lawrence, Jr., G.H. Fletcher: Criteria of Operability in Advanced Breast Cancer --;M. Tubiana: Post-Operative Radiotherapy and the Pattern of Distant Spread in Breast Cancer --;R.T. Osteen: How Much of the Axilla Should be Dissected?- N.P. Sacks, R.P. A'Hern, M. Baum: How Much of the Effect of Chemotherapy is Due to Hormonal Manipulation?- R.J. Epstein, I.C. Henderson: Chemotherapy for Node-Negative Breast Cancer --;E.A. Strom, M.D. McNeese, G.H. Fletcher: Treatment of the Peripheral Lymphatics: Rationale, Indications, and Techniques --;S.H. Levitt, L.-E. Rutqvist: What is the Value of the Clinical Trials?- L.-E. Rutqvist: What have we Learned from the Stockholm Trials on Adjuvant Radiation Therapy in Early-Stage Breast Cancer?- S.J. Schnitt: Pathologic Factors Predictive of Local Recurrence in Patients with Invasive Breast Cancer Treated by Conservative Surgery and Radiation Therapy --;T.I. Lingos, J.R. Harris: What is the Optimal Technique of Irradiation in Breast Conserving Treatment?- T.J. Eberlein, L.M. Douville: Which Patients Should be Treated by Breast Conservation Surgery and which by Modified Radical Mastectomy?- J.N. Ingle: What is the Role of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Postmenopausal Women with Operable Breast Cancer?- A. Recht: How Should we Treat Ductal Carcinoma in Situ?- R.M. Goldwyn: How Successful is Breast Reconstruction?

Text of Note

In the last two decades, there has been a major increase in the actual numbers of women diagnosed with breast cancer (from 65000 new cases 20 years ago in the United States to 183000 in 1993). Where is radiation therapy indicated after conservation surgery, and when is radiation therapy an effective palliative treatment measure?

Medicine.

Radiotherapy.

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Book number

edited by Gilbert H. Fletcher, Seymour H. Levitt.

Gilbert H Fletcher

Seymour H Levitt

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[Book]

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