Management of Breast Cancer in Older Women

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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 breast cancer patients.

Multidisciplinary in its approach, this book covers all the bases for managing breast cancer in older women. The full armament of therapeutic options is presented, as well as the epidemiology of the disease in older women and the specific psychosocial considerations for older patients.

Medical oncologists, gerontologists and all involved in the management of older breast cancer patients will benefit from having this unique and important work on their shelf.

Malcolm W Reed, MD, MB ChB, BMedSci, FRCS is Professor of Surgical Oncology based at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Sheffield, UK. His extensive research history includes work on hormone receptors in breast cancer and the effect of photodynamic therapy on the tumor microcirculation.

Riccardo A Audsio, MD, FRCS is Consultant Surgical Oncologist at St Helens and Knowsley University Hospitals, St Helens, UK. His main research interest is exploring the role of surgery within the multidisciplinary management of cancer patients, particularly focusing on onco-geriatrics, and he currently sits on the editorial board of 12 publications.

Author(s): Irmgard Irminger-Finger (auth.), Malcolm W. Reed, Riccardo A. Audisio (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 413
Tags: Oncology; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Diagnostic Radiology; Surgical Oncology

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Basic Science of Breast Cancer in Older Patients....Pages 3-19
Tumor Biology and Pathology....Pages 21-35
Clinical Epidemiology and the Impact of Co-Morbidity on Survival....Pages 37-50
Front Matter....Pages 52-52
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment....Pages 53-63
A Practical Mini-Guide to Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment....Pages 65-74
Impact of the Physiological Effects of Aging on the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Systemic Breast Cancer Treatment....Pages 75-99
Impact of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Breast Cancer....Pages 101-108
Experiences of a Multidisciplinary Elderly Breast Cancer Clinic: Using the Right Specialists, in the Same Place, with Time....Pages 109-123
Front Matter....Pages 126-126
Mammographic Breast Screening in Elderly Women....Pages 127-142
Primary Endocrine Therapy for the Treatment of Early Breast Cancer in Older Women....Pages 143-164
Peroperative Radiotherapy....Pages 165-181
General and Local Anesthetics....Pages 183-195
The Surgical Management of Breast Cancer in Elderly Women....Pages 197-211
Breast Reconstruction....Pages 213-229
Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy....Pages 231-247
Adjuvant Chemotherapy....Pages 249-262
Adjuvant Radiotherapy....Pages 263-274
Prevention and Treatment of Skeletal Complications....Pages 275-297
Medical Management of Advanced Disease....Pages 299-313
The Use of Chemotherapy in Elderly Cancer Patients: Dose Adjusting, Drug Interactions, and Polypharmacy....Pages 315-330
Front Matter....Pages 332-332
Delayed Presentation of Breast Cancer in Older Women....Pages 333-341
Patient Decision Making....Pages 343-348
Culture, Ethnicity, and Race: Persistent Disparities in Older Women with Breast Cancer....Pages 349-369
Supportive, Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Older Breast Cancer Patients....Pages 371-403
Back Matter....Pages 405-413