| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 413 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part I: Background and epidemiology. Basic science of breast cancer in older patients / Irmgard Irminger-Finger ; Tumor biology and pathology / Virginie Durbecq and Denis Larsimont ; Clinical epidemiology and the impact of co-morbidity on survival / Adri C. Voogd, Marieke J. Louwman, and Jan Willem W. Coebergh -- Part II: Special considerations in the management of older women. Comprehensive geriatric assessment / Margot A. Gosney ; A practical mini-guide to comprehensive geriatric assessment / Siri Rostoft Kristjansson ; Impact of the physiological effects of aging on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of systemic breast cancer treatment / Paul Hamberg, Maja J.A. de Jonge, and Caroline M. Seynaeve ; Impact of hormone replacement therapy on breast cancer / Toral Gathani and Valerie Beral ; Experiences of a multidisciplinary elderly breast cancer clinic: using the right specialists, in the same place, with time / Anne Stotter, Mohammad Tahir, Robert S. Pretorius, and Thompson Robinson |
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Part III: Therapeutics. Mammographic breast screening in elderly women / Lynda Wyld ; Primary endocrine therapy for the treatment of early breast cancer in older women / Lynda Wyld and Daniel Hind ; Peroperative radiotherapy / Roberto Orecchia, Giovanni Battista Ivaldi, and Maria Cristina Leonardi ; General and local anesthetics / Bernadette Th. Veering ; The surgical management of breast cancer in elderly women / Malcolm W.R. Reed, Lynda Wyld, and Riccardo A. Audisio ; Breast reconstruction / Marcus J.D. Wagstaff, Malcolm W.R. Reed, and Christopher M. Caddy ; Adjuvant endocrine therapy / Laura Biganzoli ; Adjuvant chemotherapy / Sumanta Kumar Pal, Nilesh Vora, and Arti Hurria ; Adjuvant radiotherapy / Pierre G.M. Scalliet ; Prevention and treatment of skeletal complications / Matthew C. Winter, Helen L. Neville-Webbe, and Robert E. Coleman ; Medical management of advanced disease / Hans P.M.W. Wildiers ; The use of chemotherapy in elderly cancer patients: dose adjusting, drug interactions, and polypharmacy / Lazzaro Repetto and Claudia Di Bartolomeo -- Part IV: Psychosocial considerations. Delayed presentation of breast cancer in older women / Lindsay J.L. Forbes and Amanda J. Ramirez ; Patient decision making / Martine Extermann ; Culture, ethnicity, and race: persistent disparities in older women with breast cancer / Antonella Surbone and Marjorie Kagawa-Singer ; Supportive, palliative and end-of-life care for older breast cancer patients / Elaine Cachia, Ruth Broadhurst, and Sam H. Ahmedzai |
| Summary |
There has been a surge of interest in the topic of how older patients should be treated with various forms of malignancy, with a focus on the management of breast cancer. This group of patients have been neglected in the past, with a failure to recruit them to clinical trials resulting in a lack of evidence on which to base treatment guidelines |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Breast -- Cancer -- Treatment
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Older women -- Diseases -- Treatment
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Older people.
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Breast Neoplasms -- therapy
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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elderly.
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MEDICAL -- Oncology.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
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Médecine.
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Older people
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Breast -- Cancer -- Treatment
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Reed, Malcolm W. R
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Audisio, Riccardo A
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| ISBN |
9781848002647 |
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1848002645 |
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9781848002654 |
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1848002653 |
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