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Approaches to Breast Cancer Prevention

Editors:

  1. Basil A. Stoll

    1. Oncology Department St Thomas’ Hospital, and to Joint Breast Clinic, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

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Part of the book series: Developments in Oncology (DION, volume 62)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Biological Basis of Risk Factors

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Defining Breast Cancer Prevention

      • Basil A. Stoll
      Pages 3-13

    3. Is Female Breast Cancer Increasing?

      • D. Maxwell Parkin, Janine Nectoux
      Pages 15-33

    4. Hormones and Proliferative Activity in Breast Tissue

      • Irma H. Russo, Gloria Calaf, Jose Russo
      Pages 35-51

    5. Growth Factor Expression in Breast Tissue

      • Peter J. Barrett-Lee
      Pages 53-60

    6. Avoiding Hormone-Related Risk Factors

      • James Owen Drife
      Pages 61-72

    7. Oral Contraceptives and Breast Disease

      • Kathryn F. McGonigle, George R. Huggins
      Pages 73-95

    9. Diet, Alcohol, Body Size and the Prevention of Breast Cancer

      • Tim E. Byers, David F. Williamson
      Pages 113-131

  3. Interventional Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Role of Prophylactic Mastectomy

      • Mary Jane Houlihan, Robert M. Goldwyn
      Pages 135-148

    3. Protection by Progestagens or Antioestrogens

      • Basil A. Stoll
      Pages 149-168

    4. Chemoprevention of Breast Cancer

      • Marcia Will, Joseph A. Fontana
      Pages 169-180

    5. Methodologic Aspects of Prevention Trials

      • Jack Cuzick
      Pages 181-190

    6. Monitoring High Risk Women: Psychological Aspects

      • Henry T. Lynch, Patrice Watson, Theresa A. Conway, Jane F. Lynch
      Pages 191-205

    7. High Risk Groups and Cost Strategies

      • Victor G. Vogel, Richard R. Love
      Pages 207-220

    8. Motivating the Public in Cancer Prevention

      • Carl M. Mansfield
      Pages 221-227

    9. Approaches and Prospects

      • Basil A. Stoll
      Pages 229-235

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 237-245
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About this book

This book is a logical companion volume to Women at High Risk to Breast Cancer (Kluwer, 1989) edited by me previously. It distinguishes two aspects of current ap­ proaches to clinical breast cancer prevention. The first is the need to advise individ­ ual women on how they might reduce their personal risk, while the second is the design of measures aimed at reducing the total incidence of breast cancer in the community. While the former is a problem faced daily by clinicians, the latter is a goal which will involve large scale, carefully planned interventional studies. Because knowledge of the risk factors for breast cancer is incomplete and clinical trial reports are scarce, there is as yet, no scientifically-based model for personal breast cancer prevention. Nevertheless, widespread publicity associated with breast screening programmes has created a large group of highly anxious women who have been informed that they are at higher than average risk to the disease. They are con­ cerned by the personal threat posed by a family history of the disease and by the al­ leged dangers of obesity, diet, alcohol, or the use of hormonal agents such as oral contraceptives or hormone replacement therapy.
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'This is an easy-to-read, informative collection of papers which gives comprehensive coverage of the subject matter from a range of perspectives...The chapters on the methodology of preventation trails and the sources of high-risk participants and the costs of finding and recruiting them are outstanding and should be required reading for all scientists engaged in studies of disease prevention...It should be on the bookshelves of both doctor's offices and research facilities.' Journal of the National Cancer Int. 84:5, 1992
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Oncology Department St Thomas’ Hospital, and to Joint Breast Clinic, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

    Basil A. Stoll

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Approaches to Breast Cancer Prevention

  • Editors: Basil A. Stoll

  • Series Title: Developments in Oncology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3742-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0995-6Published: 31 March 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5664-9Published: 25 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-3742-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 245

  • Topics: Oncology, Epidemiology

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