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1 online resource |
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Cancer etiology, diagnosis, and treatments |
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Cancer etiology, diagnosis, and treatments.
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| Contents |
BREAST CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS ; BREAST CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 BREAST CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT MODELS: WHERE WE STAND AND WHERE WE ARE GOING ; Abstract; Tools to Predict Breast Cancer Risk; Gail Model; Claus Model; BOADICEA; BRCAPRO; IBIS (or Tyrer-Cuzick Model); Future Perspectives; References; Chapter 2 OBESITY AS A CRITICAL ISSUE OF BREAST CANCER DEVELOPMENT ; Abstract; 1. Introduction: Obesity and Breast Cancer; 2. Obesity as a Low-Grade Inflammation; 3. Breast Tumor Microenvironment |
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3.1. Cancer Immunity and Inflammation3.2. Factors Involved in Obesity-Associated Breast Cancer; 4. Obesity, Breast Cancer and Aromatase; 4.1. Relationship between Obesity and Estrogen; 4.2. Aromatase Overexpression in Estrogen-Responsive Breast Cancer; 4.3. Molecular Regulation of Aromatase in the Postmenopausal Breast; Conclusion and Future Directions; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3 HOW TO RETHINK THE CURRENT STANDARDS FOR TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER AND LONG TERM CARE OF PATIENTS ; Abstract; Introduction; Systemic Regulation of Estrogen Signaling |
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Interplay between Estrogen Concentrations and ER-Expressions for the Achievement of Appropriate Estrogen SignalingPossibilities for the Restoration of ER Signaling in Apparently ER-Negative Tumor Cells; Local Regulation of Estrogen Synthesis in the Breast; The Question of an Extended Surgery and Adjuvant Radiotherapy for the Treatment of Breast Cancer; Lumpectomy versus Mastectomy; Ipsilateral versus Bilateral Mastectomy; Risk for Development of Disseminated Metastases without a Detectable New Primary or Recurrent Breast Cancer |
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High Risk Pathology of Early Breast Cancer Does Not Call for the Use of Aggressive TherapyCorrelations between Ageing and the Recurrence Rate of Breast Cancer; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 MASTECTOMY AND VOLUNTARISM: FROM THE INDIVIDUALIZED SELF TO SOLIDARITY GROUPS IN GREEK WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER ; Abstract; Introduction; Methodology; Ethical Issues; Broken Bodies, Broken Lives; The Disorganization of the Obvious; A Psychosomatic Experience; To Stand on My Feet, to Beat My Fears; Myself Must Be Well; Limits: The Key Concept; I Ofer to My Self and the Others |
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Conclusion: Breast Cancer as a Biosocial PatternReferences; INDEX ; Blank Page |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 17, 2016) |
| Subject |
Breast -- Cancer.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Treatment
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Breast Neoplasms
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HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General
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MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine
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MEDICAL / Diseases
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MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
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MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
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Breast -- Cancer
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Breast -- Cancer -- Treatment
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Armstrong, Wendell, editor
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| LC no. |
2020686520 |
| ISBN |
9781634852159 |
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163485215X |
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