Contributors vii
Preface ix
1 Symptoms Assessment and Guidelines for Referral 1
J Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas
2 Congenital Problems and Aberrations of Normal Development and Involution 12
J Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas
3 Mastalgia 25
Julie Iddon and J Michael Dixon
4 Breast Infection 31
J Michael Dixon
5 Breast Cancer: Epidemiology Risk Factors and Genetics 41
Ivana Sestak Jack Cuzick and Gareth Evans
6 Prevention of Breast Cancer 47
Ivana Sestak Jack Cuzick Gareth Evans and Ava Kwong
7 Screening for Breast Cancer 51
Robin Wilson Douglas Macmillan and Julietta Patnick
8 Breast Cancer 59
J Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas
9 Management of Regional Nodes in Breast Cancer 68
Nigel Bundred J Michael Dixon and Jeremy Thomas
10 Breast Cancer: Treatment of Elderly Patients and Uncommon Conditions 77
J Michael Dixon and Richard Sainsbury
11 Role of Systemic Treatment of Primary Operable Breast Cancer 86
AA Kotsori and Ian Smith
12 Locally Advanced Breast Cancer 102
J Michael Dixon and Robert Leonard
13 Metastatic Breast Cancer 109
Robert Leonard and J Michael Dixon
14 Prognostic Factors 119
Alastair Thompson and Sarah Pinder
15 Psychological Impact of Breast Cancer 125
Belinda Hacking
16 Carcinoma in situ 130
Nigel Bundred and J Michael Dixon
17 Breast Reconstruction 138
J Michael Dixon Cameron Raine and Eva M Weiler-Mithoff
Index 151