Book description
The
ABC of Breast Diseases
provides comprehensive guidance to the assessment of symptoms, and how
to manage all common breast conditions and provides guidelines on
referral. It covers congenital problems, breast infection and mastalgia,
before addressing the epidemiology, prevention, screening and diagnosis
of breast cancer. It outlines the treatment and management options for
breast cancer within different groups and includes new chapters on the
genetics, prevention, management of high risk women and the
psychological aspects of breast diseases.
Edited and written by
internationally renowned experts in the field and highly illustrated
in full colour, this fourth edition remains a practical guide for
general practitioners, family physicians, practice nurses and breast
care nurses as well as for surgeons and oncologists both in training
and recently qualified as well as medical students.
J Michael Dixon, Consultant Surgeon and Professor of Surgery,
Edinburgh Breast Unit, and Clinical Director, Breakthrough Research
Unit, Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
