Dr. Susan Love's breast book

The healthy breast and common problems. The breast and its development ; Variations in development and plastic surgery ; Common breast problems

What causes breast cancer and how do we prevent it? Understanding biology and risk ; Risk factors ; Tests for risk ; Prevention and risk reduction

Diagnosis and screening. Diagnosis : mammography, ultrasound, MRI, and biopsies ; Screening

Decisions. Introduction to breast cancer ; What kind of breast cancer do I have? ; Decisions regarding treatment ; Special situations and populations

Treatment in the age of personalized medicine. Surgery ; Oncoplastic surgery, reconstruction, and prostheses ; Radiation therapy ; Systemic therapy ; Lifestyle changes and complementary treatments ; After treatment

Recurrence. When cancer comes back ; Living with recurrence

Eradicating breast cancer : politics and research

Appendices. A, Drugs used for systemic treatment of breast cancer ; B, Resources ; C, The wellness community physician/patient statement ; D, Pathology checklist ; E, General physical activities defined by level of intensity.

Introduction to the seventh edition

Part one: The healthy breast and common problems. The breast

Common breast problems

Part two: What causes breast cancer and how do we prevent it?. Biology of cancer

Hereditary breast cancer

Understanding risk

Prevention and risk reduction

Part three: Finding breast cancer. Screening

Diagnosis

Part four: Decisions. Coping with a breast cancer diagnosis

What kind of breast cancer do I have?

Decisions about treatment

Special situations and populations

Part four: Treatment in the age of personalized medicine. Local treatment : surgery

Local treatment : radiation therapy

Systemic therapy : chemotherapy, hormones, targeted therapies, and immunology

Systemic therapy : lifestyle changes and complementary treatments

Part six: After treatment. Follow-up

After breast cancer treatment : living with collateral damage

Part seven: Recurrence of breast cancer. When cancer comes back

Living with recurrence

Epilogue: Eradicating breast cancer : politics and research

Appendix A: Resources

Appendix B: Pathology checklist.

Part one. The Healthy Breast and Common Problems --

Part two. What Causes Breast Cancer and How Do We Prevent It? --

Part three. Finding Breast Cancer --

Part four. Decisions --

Part five. Treatment in the Age of Personalized Medicine --

Part six. After Treatment --

Part seven. Recurrence of Breast Cancer.

pt. 1. The healthy breast

1. The breast and its development

The ductal anatomy

How the breast develops

2. Getting acquainted with your breasts

3. Variations in development and plastic surgery

Variations apparent at birth

Variations appearing a puberty

Plastic surgery

Thinking about plastic surgery

pt. 2. Common problems

4. "Fibrocystic disease" and breast pain

Cyclical pain

Noncyclical pain

Nonbreast-origin pain

5. Breast infections and nipple problems

Breast infections : intrinsic

Breast infections : extrinsic

Infection and cancer

Nipple problems

6. Lumps and lumpiness

Cysts

Fibroadenomas

Pseudolumps

Cancer

What to do if you think you have a lump

pt. 3. Diagnosis of breast problems

7. Diagnostic imaging : mammography, ultrasound, MRI, and other techniques

Mammograms

Quality of mammograms

Ultrasound

MRI

PET scanning

MIBI scan

CT scanning

Thermography

Other techniques

The future

8. Biopsy

Fine-needle biopsy

Core biopsy

Surgical biopsy

How to read your biopsy report

pt. 4. Prediction, prevention, and screening

9. Risk factors : nongenetic

Observational studies

Understanding risk

Hormonal risk factors

Fertility drugs

Pesticides and other environmental hazards

Diet

Alcohol consumption

Radiation

Occupational exposures

Electromagnetic field (EMF) exposure

10. Risk factors : genetic

BRCA 1 and 2

Testing

Choices

Pulling it together

11. Prevention

Diet

Exercise

Hormones

Tamoxifen and other SERMs

Other potential chemoprevention strategies

Preventive surgery

The future

12. Precancerous conditions

Lobular cancer in situ

Ductal carcinoma in situ

13. The intraductal approach : getting to the source

14. Screening

Evaluating screening tests

Breast self-exam

Breast physical exam

Mammography

Screening recommendations.

pt. 5. Diagnosis of breast cancer and decisions

15. Introduction to breast cancer

Statistics

Treatment studies : clinical trials and research protocols

Becoming part of a study

16. What kind of cancer is it?

How to interpret a pathology report

Staging

Biomarkers

Combined markers

17. Treatment options : local therapy

Surgery and radiation

Ablation techniques

Axillary surgery

Timing of surgery

Guidelines and choices

18. Treatment options : systemic therapy

Chemotherapy

Hormone therapy

Targeted therapies

Second opinions

19. Special cases and populations

Locally advanced breast cancer

Inflammatory breast cancer

The unknown primary

Paget's disease of the breast

Cystosarcoma phylloides

Cancer of both breasts

Cancer in the other breast

Breast cancer in very young women

Breast cancer in elderly women

Cancer during pregnancy

Breast cancer during lactation

Women with implants

African American women

Beast cancer in men

Other cancers

20. Fears, feelings, and ways to cope

Weighing the options

Finding support

Coping : what to tell your children

Coping : fears of your loved ones

Searching for information

What to look for in a doctor and medical team

Second opinions

pt. 6. Treatment

21. Surgery

Anesthesia

Preliminary procedures

Partial mastectomy and axillary dissection

Total mastectomy

22. Reconstruction and prosthesis

Prostheses

Reconstruction

Making a decision

The unacceptable reconstruction

Partial reconstruction after lumpectomy

The other breast

23. Radiation therapy

Initial consultation

The planning session

The treatments

The boost

Partial breast radiation

Side effects

24. Systemic therapy

Adjuvant chemotherapy

Adjuvant hormone therapy

25. Complementary and alternative treatments

Complementary therapies

Alternative treatments.

pt. 7. Living with breast cancer

26. After treatment

The follow-up

physical adjustments

Long-term side effects of chemotherapy

Menopausal symptoms

Treatment for symptoms

Lifestyle changes

Healing the mind

Relationships and sex

Pregnancy

Insurance and getting a job

27. When cancer comes back

Local and regional recurrence

Distant recurrence (metastatic disease)

Hormone (endocrine) treatments

Chemotherapy

Targeted therapy

Bisphosphonates

Other treatments

Pain control

Experimental treatments

Taking care of yourself emotionally

When to stop treatment

pt. 8. What is coming

28. The future : from lab to bedside

Tumor stem cells

Gene-environment interaction

Angiogenesis

Translational research

Appendices

A. Drugs used for systemic treatment of breast cancer

B. Resources

C. NCI-designated cancer centers listed by state

D. The wellness community physician/patient statement

E. Pathology checklist

Glossary.