Breast Cancer: Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutic Guidance provides a concise practical and
practice-based source of up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutic information for the general
radiologist. In the diagnostic phase of evaluating breast disorders the overriding
consideration in the examination and assessment is to reduce false diagnoses to the absolute
minimum-a principle wholly in the interests of the patient. The particular diagnostic pathway
chosen will depend on the highly variable individual presentations and the associated findings.
A major focus of the book is the comparative value of the various diagnostic imaging
modalities. As well as discussing conventional mammography and adjunct modalities such as
breast ultrasound and galactography the text also showcases the superior utility of
contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in providing the highest rate of detection of
cancers at any stage. As well as radiological diagnosis sections written by top specialists
cover the interventional procedures for obtaining biopsies and also the surgical and medical
therapy of breast carcinoma. Key Features: - Combined authors' experience of more than 100
years provides this work with great depth and expertise. - Richly illustrated with almost 600
images including full color histology patient photographs and hundreds of radiological
studies. - BI-RADS classification for mammography breast ultrasound and breast MRI. - Adjunct
topics covered include screening and staging lymph nodes breast reconstruction chemotherapy
also with respect to endocrine-active tumors radiation therapy tumors of the male breast
logistics in the breast care center and psychosocial care. Breast Cancer: Diagnostic Imaging
and Therapeutic Guidance is certain to prove an invaluable tool for all general radiologists
involved in the evaluation and treatment of patients with breast cancer.
