Breast Diseases, 1st ed. 2019
An Evidence-Based Pocket Guide

Language: English

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Designed in a small-format for practical reading and point-of-care setting use, this work presents the most up-to-date concepts on breast diseases. The main objective of this book is to propagate current knowledge of the most frequent breast diseases, being a quick reference, evidence-based manual covering the major clinical scenarios in mastology. The essence of the work can be summarized in the following sentence: "access to maximum content in the least amount of time.?

The book contains data that will allow readers to understand and treat patients with different complaints and diseases. Each chapter presents a flow chart and a summary of the five major publications on the subject. This is unique in comparison with other books in this medical specialty.

Developed by a team of international expert specialists who deal with breast pathologies on a daily basis, the book also includes additional contributions from experienced, renowned professionals in interdisciplinary specialties related to the main area.

This book will be of interest to physicians who deal with breast diseases and wish to improve their knowledge through exposure to state-of-the-art data and best practices advice. It is also directed to medical students and residents in training within mastology.

(This title was originally published in Portuguese by the Brazilian publisher Atheneu in 2011 and has sold very well and gone into a third edition, published in 2017.  The Editors have all English language rights, detailed in the attached contract, although it is in Portuguese).


Classification BI-RADS®. – Mammography.- Ultrasound.- Magnetic Resonance Scanning.- Nuclear Medicine: PET Scan, Breast Scintigraphy and MBI.- Other Imaging Methods.- Mammographic Screening.- Special Screening Situations.- Percutaneous Biopsies - Clinical and Radiological Aspects.- Percutaneous Biopsies - Histopathological Aspects.- Histopathological Classification of Benign Lesions.- Breast Lump.- Mastalgia.- Nipple Discharge.- Gynecomastia.- Infectious Breast Diseases.- Classification of Proliferative Breast Lesions.- Treatment of Proliferative Breast Lesions.- Ductal Carcinoma in situ.- Identifying High-Risk Patients.- Practical Aspects of Genetic Counselling.- Prevention: Habits and Behavior.- Chemoprevention.- Risk Reducing Surgeries.- Carcinogenesis and Natural History of Breast Cancer.- Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Classification of Breast Cancer.- Staging and Prognostic Factors.- Epidemiology of Breast Cancer.- Predictive and Prognostic Factors: Genetic Signatures, Adjuvant! and PREDICT.- Mastectomy.- Conservative Breast Surgery.- Surgery of Axillary and Regional Lymph Nodes.- Surgery of Non-Palpable Breast Lesions.- Handling the Surgical Specimen.- Principles of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery.- Partial Breast Reconstruction – Pedicles.- Breast Reconstruction with Implants.- Breast Reconstruction with Myocutaneous Flaps.- Lipofilling.- Aesthetic Breast Surgery.- Early Breast Cancer.- Locally Advanced Breast Surgery.- Influence of Histologic, Immunohistochemical and Molecular Types on Therapeutics.- Inflammatory Carcinoma.- Invasive Lobular Carcinoma.- Occult Breast Cancer.- Paget's Disease.- Nonepithelial Breast Cancer.- Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer.- Breast Cancer in Young Patients.- Breast Cancer in Elderly Patients.- Multifocal, Multicentric and Bilateral Carcinoma.- Breast Cancer in Men.- Local Relapses.- Breast Cancer in Patients with Previous Aesthetic Surgery.- Radiotherapy.- Hormonal Therapy.- Adjuvant Chemotherapy.- Therapy Anti-Her-2.- Neoadjuvant Therapy.- Other Systemic Treatments.- Follow-up.- Survivorship.- Physical Rehabilitation after Breast Cancer Treatment.- Contraception and Infertility.- Climateric Treatment after Breast Cancer.- Metastatic Breast Cancer - Therapies and Palliative Care.

1. Guilherme Novita obtained his Master's degree from the Medical School of the University of São Paulo (FMUSP). Coordinator of the Mastology Service of the Paulistano Hospital and Mastologist of the Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital, São Paulo, SP. Fellow of the European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.

2. Antônio Luiz Frasson is holder of the Breast Group of the Oncology Center of the Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital, São Paulo, SP. Adjunct Professor-Doctor of the School of Medicine of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS). President of the Brazilian Society of Mastology (2017-2019).

3. Eduardo Camargo Millen is President of the Brazilian Society of Mastology - Rio de Janeiro Regional (2017-2019). Mastologist of the Cancer National Institute (INCA-RJ). Fellow of the European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.

4. Felipe Zerwes is Adjunct Professor of the School of Medicine of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS). Coordinator of the Mastology Service of the Cancer Hospital Mãe de Deus, Porto Alegre, RS. Fellow of the European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.

5. Francisco Pimentel Cavalcante is Mastologist of the Hospital Geral de Fortaleza (HGF) and President of the Brazilian Society of Mastology - Ceará Regional (2017-2019).
Easy to read, evidence-based, and straight to the point Updated and essential information on most frequent breast diseases Chapters include flow charts and a summary of major publications Written by renowned experts in mastology