Breast Cancer Management for Surgeons

PREFACES.- PART 1: BASIC SCIENCE.- Gross Anatomy of the Breast and Axilla.- Physiology and Developmental Stages of the Breast.- Breast Cancer Epidemiology.- Effect of Estrogen Exposure, Obesity, Exercise, and Diet on Breast Cancer Risk.- Hereditary breast cancer genetics and risk prediction techniques.- PART 2: SCREENING, HIGH RISK LESIONS, AND RISK MANAGEMENT.- Screening for High Familial Risk Women.- Risk-Reducing Breast and Ovarian Surgery for Women at High Familial Risk.- The Role of Breast Cancer Chemoprevention in High Risk Women.- Molecular Profiling of Breast Cancer and DCIS.- Pathology of high risk breast lesions.- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ.- Imaging of the Breast.- Breast Cancer Screening.- PART 3: EARLY BREAST CANCER: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT.- Clinical Presentation,  Diagnosis, and Staging of Breast Cancer.- Pathology of Breast Cancer.- The Breast and Oncoplastic Multidisciplinary Team.- Surgery to the Breast: Mastectomy.- Surgery to the Breast:Breast Conservation Techniques.- Oncoplastic Breast Conserving Therapy.- Fat Transfer in Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery.- Breast Surgery after Primary Systemic Treatment .- Surgery for Locally Recurrent Breast Cancer.- Management of the Axilla: Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy.- Axillary Node Clearance .- Axillary Management in the Neoadjuvant Setting.- Axillary Reverse Mapping.- PART 4: RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY.- Immediate Reconstruction: General and Oncological Considerations.- Delayed Breast Reconstruction: General and Oncological Considerations.- Breast Implants: Design, Safety and Indications for Use.- Specific Implant-Based Techniques for Breast Reconstruction.- Specific Autologous Flaps Technique.- Goldilocks Procedure.- Nipple Reconstruction.- Complications of Beast Surgery and their Management.- PART 5: ADJUVANT THERAPY FOR EARLY BREAST CANCER.- Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy.- Adjuvant Chemotherapy.- Adjuvant molecular therapies in breast cancer.-

Lynda Wyld is Reader in Surgery at the University of Sheffield and Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospital in the UK.  She is the secretary of the Division of Breast Surgery of the UEMS section of surgery, current President of the British Association for Surgical Oncology (BASO), Chair of the Education and Training Committee of the European Society for Surgical Oncology (ESSO) and member of the executive board of the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA).  She has published over 70 papers in peer reviewed journals and 10 book chapters. 

Christos Markopoulos is Professor of Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece and Head of the Breast Unit. He is the President of the Division of Breast Surgery of UEMS Section of Surgery  and the founder and Chair of the Hellenic Society of Breast Surgeons (2000-2015). He is an activemember of multiple Breast International Societies, including British Association of Breast Surgery (ABS) and European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) and member of the Executive Committee of the European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA).

Professor Markopoulos has published over 300 scientific papers in peer reviewed national and international medical journals having over 4,000 citations and has also authored several books on the management of breast disease.