Breast cancer--guiding your patient through treatment.
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James French
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Life after breast cancer.
This thirteenth article in our series on breast disease explores the many concerns that patients face after completion of their breast cancer treatment. The diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer is an ordeal for women on a number of levels. Similarly, there are often a multitude of issues and concerns raised after the completion of treatment. Having an awareness of these medical and survivorship issues allows the general practitioner to provide important support to both the patient and her family.
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Cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery.
This fifteenth and final article in our series on breast disease provides general practitioners with information that will allow them to give their patients a balanced view about issues related to cosmetic breast surgery. As well as breast augmentation and breast reduction surgery, the latest on the breast implant 'silicone controversy' and other procedures such as breast reconstruction following mastectomy are discussed.
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Management of benign breast conditions. Part 1--Painful breasts.
This is the first article in a series on breast disorders with an emphasis on diagnosis and management in the general practice setting. This article provides an overview of the investigation of patients with a breast symptom and discusses the assessment and management of mastalgia.
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Management of benign breast conditions. Part 2--breast lumps and lesions.
This is the second article in a series on breast disorders with an emphasis on diagnosis and management in the general practice setting. This article provides an overview of the investigation of patients with a breast symptom and discusses the assessment and management of benign breast lesions including localised nodularity, fibroadenomas and breast cysts.
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Management of benign breast conditions. Part 3--Other breast problems.
This is the third article in a series of breast disorders with an emphasis on diagnosis and management in the general practice setting. This article discusses conditions that, although less frequently seen in general practice, pose challenges in diagnosis and management.
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Breast imaging in general practice.
This is the fourth article in a series of breast disorders with an emphasis on diagnosis and management in the general practice setting. This article provides guidance for general practitioners on the role of breast imaging in screening and the investigation of breast symptoms, with an emphasis on indications for imaging and common abnormal findings. It is presented as a summary of key facts supplemented by a mini-atlas of breast imaging to facilitate use of imaging in routine general practice.
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Making sense of breast pathology.
An understanding of breast pathology is essential when caring for women with breast disease. Part five of this series discusses the spectrum of common benign and malignant conditions including the distinction between invasive and noninvasive breast cancer. It also aims to increase the general practitioner's confidence in understanding breast pathology reports, arranging appropriate referral for patients, and educating women about their disease.
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Breast cancer--new and emerging technologies for diagnosis and management.
Part six of this series discusses established and emerging technologies in breast cancer care, with an emphasis on technologies in diagnosis and treatment supported by evidence. These include percutaneous core biopsy techniques and breast imaging in diagnosis. From the surgical perspective, we discuss the emerging role of sentinel node biopsy as a potentially less invasive method of staging the axilla in women with breast cancer. We also review advances in radiotherapy techniques that have allowed delivery of radiotherapy with more precision and improved safety.
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Management of early breast cancer--the current approach.
This seventh article in our series on breast disease will focus on what is new in the management of invasive primary breast cancer. Up-to-date information on the key aspects of breast cancer management is presented, including descriptions of the new technique of sentinel lymph node biopsy and the new hormone treatment, aromatase inhibitors. Current trends in surgery for breast cancer and the adjuvant treatments of chemotherapy and radiotherapy are also discussed.
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Breast cancer in young women.
This eighth article in our series on breast disease focuses on breast cancer in young women. There are several challenges in the diagnosis of breast cancer in young women, and special consideration must be given to the woman's fertility and body image issues. The difficulty in distinguishing benign from malignant lesions on clinical and imaging assessment in this group stresses the importance of the triple test of clinical examination, mammography or ultrasound, and biopsy.
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