| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 299 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Histological Classification of Breast Cancer / Alessandra Fabbri, Maria Luisa Carcangiu, and Antonino Carbone -- Biomarkers for Breast Cancer: Towards the Proposition of Clinically Relevant Tools / Maria Grazia Daidone, Vera Cappelletti, Angelo Paradiso, Massimo Gion, Nadia Harbeck, Fred Sweep, and Manfred Schmitt -- Circulating Tumour Markers in Breast Cancer / Ettore Seregni, Antonio Coli, and Nicola Mazzuca -- Axillary Lymph Node Status Evaluation in Breast Cancer Patients: Role of SPECT and Pinhole SPECT with Cationic Lipophilic Radiotracers / Giuseppe Madeddu and Angela Spanu -- Breast Imaging with Scintimammography / Orazio Schillaci and John R. Buscombe -- 99mTc-MIBI in the Evaluation of Breast Cancer Biology / Silvana Del Vecchio, Antonella Zannetti, Rosa Fonti, Francesca Iommelli, and Marco Salvatore -- Sentinel Node Detection in Pre-Operative Axillary Staging / Giovanni Paganelli, Giuseppe Trifirò, Oreste Gentilini, Mattia Intra, Giuseppe Viale, and Umberto Veronesi -- State of the Art of Current Modalities for the Diagnosis of Breast Lesions / Cosimo Di Maggio -- New Trends of MRI in Breast Cancer Diagnosis / Daniele Vergnaghi, Giovanna Trecate, and Siranoush Manoukian -- PET Imaging of Breast Cancer Molecular Biomarkers / Elisabetta Brugola, Andreas K. Buck, Lucia Tagliabue, Sven N. Reske, and Giovanni Lucignani -- The Role of FDG-PET for Axillary Lymph Node Staging in Primary Breast Cancer / Flavio Crippa, Alberto Gerali, Alessandra Alessi, Roberto Agresti, and Emilio Bombardieri -- Measuring Response to Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: Methodological Considerations / Nanda C. Krak, Otto S. Hoekstra, and Adriaan A. Lammertsma -- FDG-PET in Monitoring Therapy of Breast Cancer / Hans-Jürgen Biersack, Hans Bender, and Holger Palmedo -- FDG-PET and Tumour Marker Tests for the Diagnosis of Breast Cancer / Emilio Bombardieri, Alessandra Alessi, Federica Pallotti, Gianluca Serafini, Nicola Mazzuca, Ettore Seregni, and Flavio Crippa -- Advantages and Limitations of FDG PET in the Follow-Up of Breast Cancer / Peter Lind, Isabel Igerc, Thomas Beyer, Abdul Jalil Nordin, Peter Reinprecht, and Klaus Hausegger -- PET/CT and Breast Cancer / Maria Picchio, Cristina Messa, Barbara Zangheri, Claudio Landoni, Lugio Gianolli, and Ferruccio Fazio -- Current Role of Bone Scan with Phosphonates in the Follow-Up of Breast Cancer / Lorenzo Maffioli, Luigia Florimonte, Luca Pagani, Ivana Butti, and Isabel Roca -- Progress in the Treatment of Early and Advanced Breast Cancer / Valentina Guarneri, Frederico Piacentini, and PierFranco Conte -- 186Re-HEDP for Metastatic Bone Pain in Breast Cancer Patients / Marnix G.E.H. Lam, John M.H. de Klerk, and Peter P. van Rijk -- 153Sm-EDTM for Bone Pain Treatment in Skeletal Metastases / Carlo Ludovico Maini, Serenella Bergomi, Rosella Pasqualoni, Lidia Strigari, and Rosa Sciuto -- The Choice of the Correct Imaging Modality in Breast Cancer Management / Paola Mariani and Luca Gianni |
| Summary |
This book aims to provide general information on breast cancer management and considers all new methods of diagnosis and therapy. In particular, the authors have focused on nuclear medicine modalities by comparing their results with other diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. The text is essential not only for nuclear medicine physicians but also for oncologists, radiologists, surgeons and practitioners who wish to learn about the contribution of modern nuclear medicine to general breast cancer management strategies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Breast -- Cancer -- Diagnosis
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Breast -- Cancer -- Treatment
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Nuclear medicine.
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Breast -- Cancer.
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Breast Neoplasms -- diagnosis
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Breast Neoplasms -- therapy
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Nuclear Medicine
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Breast Neoplasms
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MEDICAL -- Oncology.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
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Breast Neoplasms -- therapy.
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Nuclear medicine.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Diagnosis.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Treatment.
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Sein -- Cancer.
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Médecine nucléaire.
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Breast Neoplasms -- diagnosis.
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Breast -- Cancer
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Breast -- Cancer -- Diagnosis
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Breast -- Cancer -- Treatment
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Nuclear medicine
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bombardieri, E. (Emilio)
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Bonadonna, G., 1934-
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Gianni, L. (Luca)
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| ISBN |
9783540367819 |
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3540367810 |
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3540367802 |
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9783540367802 |
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