Methods of Cancer Diagnosis, Therapy and Prognosis

Table of Contents

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   Book Overview
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   Chapter 1 Breast Cancer: An Introduction
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   Chapter 2 Breast Cancer: Computer-Aided Detection
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   Chapter 3 Sebaceous Carcinoma of the Breast: Clinicopathologic Features
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   Chapter 4 Breast Cancer: Detection by In-Vivo Imaging of Angiogenesis
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   Chapter 5 Breast and Prostate Biopsies: Use of Optimized High-Throughput MicroRNA Expression for Diagnosis (Methodology)
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   Chapter 6 Familial Breast Cancer: Detection of Prevalent High-Risk Epithelial Lesions
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   Chapter 7 Differentiation Between Benign and Malignant Papillary Lesions of Breast: Excisional Biopsy or Stereotactic Vacuum-Assisted Biopsy (Methodology)
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   Chapter 8 Multicentric Breast Cancer: Sentinel Node Biopsy as a Diagnostic Tool
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    Chapter 9 Breast Cancer Recurrence: Role of Serum Tumor Markers CEA and CA 15-3
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    Chapter 10 Breast Cancer Patients Before, During or After Treatment: Circulating Tumor Cells in Peripheral Blood Detected by Multigene Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction
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    Chapter 11 Breast Cancer Patients: Diagnostic Epigenetic Markers in Blood
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    Chapter 12 Breast Cancer Patients: Detection of Circulating Cancer Cell-Related mRNA Markers with Membrane Array Method
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    Chapter 13 Prediction of Metastasis and Recurrence of Breast Carcinoma: Detection of Survivin-Expressing Circulating Cancer Cells
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    Chapter 14 Node-Negative Breast Cancer: Predictive and Prognostic Value of Peripheral Blood Cytokeratin-19 mRNA-Positive Cells
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    Chapter 15 Breast and Colon Carcinomas: Detection with Plasma CRIPTO-1
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    Chapter 16 Breast Cancer Risk in Women with Abnormal Cytology in Nipple Aspirate Fluid
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    Chapter 17 Tissue Microarrays: Construction and Utilization for Biomarker Studies
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    Chapter 18 Systematic Validation of Breast Cancer Biomarkers Using Tissue Microarrays: From Construction to Image Analysis
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    Chapter 19 Phyllodes Tumors of the Breast: The Role of Immunohistochemistry in Diagnosis
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    Chapter 20 Phyllodes Tumor of the Breast: Prognostic Assessment Using Immunohistochemistry
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    Chapter 21 Metaplastic Breast Carcinoma: Detection Using Histology and Immunohistochemistry
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    Chapter 22 Invasive Breast Cancer: Overexpression of HER-2 Determined by Immunohistochemistry and Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification
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    Chapter 23 Operable Breast Cancer: Neoadjuvant Treatment (Methodology)
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    Chapter 24 Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
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    Chapter 25 Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: Role of Chemotherapy in Improving Prognosis
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    Chapter 26 Relevance of Dose-Intensity for Adjuvant Treatment of Breast Cancer
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    Chapter 27 Advanced Breast Cancer: Treatment with Docetaxel/Epirubicin
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    Chapter 28 Systemic Therapy for Breast Cancer: Using Toxicity Data to Inform Decisions
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    Chapter 29 Chemotherapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Who Received Adjuvant Anthracyclines (An Overview)
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    Chapter 30 Estrogen Receptor-Negative and HER-2/neu-Positive Locally Advanced Breast Carcinoma: Therapy with Paclitaxel and Granulocyte-Colony Stimulating Factor
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    Chapter 31 Breast Cancer: Side Effects of Tamoxifen and Anastrozole
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    Chapter 32 Breast Cancer: Expression of HER-2 and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor as Clinical Markers for Response to Targeted Therapy
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    Chapter 33 Young Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Breast-Conserving Therapy: Role of BRCA1 and BRCA2
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    Chapter 34 Radiation Therapy for Older Women with Early Breast Cancer
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    Chapter 35 Acute Side Effects of Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients: Role of DNA-Repair and Cell Cycle Control Genes
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    Chapter 36 18 F-Fluorodeoxyglucose/Positron Emission Tomography in Primary Breast Cancer: Factors Responsible for False-Negative Results
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    Chapter 37 Sentinel Lymph Node Surgery During Prophylactic Mastectomy (Methodology)
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    Chapter 38 Breast Conservation Surgery: Methods
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    Chapter 39 Lymph Node-Negative Breast Carcinoma: Assessment of HER-2/ neu Gene Status as Prognostic Value
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    Chapter 40 Multifocal or Multicentric Breast Cancer: Understanding Its Impact on Management and Treatment Outcomes
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    Chapter 41 Are Breast Cancer Survivors at Risk for Developing Other Cancers?
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    Chapter 42 Distant Metastasis in Elderly Patients with Breast Cancer: Prognosis with Nodal Status
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    Chapter 43 Concomitant Use of Tamoxifen with Radiotherapy Enhances Subcutaneous Breast Fibrosis in Hypersensitive Patients
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    Chapter 44 Malignant Phyllodes Tumor of the Breast: Is Adjuvant Radiotherapy Necessary?
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    Chapter 45 Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: Multidrug Resistance
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    Chapter 46 Breast Cancer: Diagnosis of Recurrence Using 18 F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
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    Chapter 47 Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Ductal Carcinoma In Situ : Diagnosis and Methodology
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    Chapter 48 Breast Conservation Treatment of Early Stage Breast Carcinoma: Risk of Cardiac Mortality