Editors:
- Written by leading experts in the field of breast cancer with a unique perspective, all contributors are female, except for one male breast cancer survivor
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 151)
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Front Matter
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New Wind in the Adjuvant Setting
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Front Matter
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Special Issues
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Front Matter
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About this book
Adjuvant treatment is administered prior to or as follow up to surgical procedures for breast cancer. Proven success in using medical therapies allowing for breast conserving procedures or reducing risk of occurrence. Although there has been much progress towards a cure, including the introduction of new targeted therapies, metastasizing cancer remains highly incurable.
Editors and Affiliations
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Inselspital, Univ. Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Monica Castiglione
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Inst. Jules Bordet, Universite Libre Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium
Martine J. Piccart
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Adjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer
Editors: Monica Castiglione, Martine J. Piccart
Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75115-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-75114-6Published: 24 July 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-1716-3Published: 06 December 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-75115-3Published: 11 July 2009
Series ISSN: 0927-3042
Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 490
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Cancer Research