Frontiers in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Editors: | Xiaojia Wang , Lorenzo Rossi , Stephen J. Luen |
Publisher: AME Publishing Company; 1st edition (2021)
ISBN: 978-988-74593-5-4
Hardcover: 366 pages
Language: English
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This book is an organic, multidisciplinary and comprehensive collection of articles aimed at clarifying the most important and the most innovative aspects in the local or systemic treatments of metastatic breast cancer. They are divided into seven sections: in the first section there is an interesting overview on metastatic breast cancer which mainly evaluates emerging new biomarkers and rare sites of breast cancer metastasis. There are also three sections dedicated to chemotherapy, endocrine therapy and target therapy (including immunotherapy). Local treatment strategies (radiotherapy, surgery) are also considered. There is also a specific section for the treatment of metastases in “special” sites such as brain and bone. Finally, there is a section dedicated to palliative care and the general management of this heterogeneous group of pathologies. This special book provides a set of research papers of high quality useful in order to optimize the clinical management of metastatic breast cancer by a multidisciplinary approach thanks to the contribution of important international authors.
HONORARY EDITORS
Zefei Jiang | Department of Breast Cancer, The Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China |
Gianluca Franceschini | Multidisciplinary Breast Center, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy |
EDITORS
Xiaojia Wang | Department of Medical Oncology (Breast Cancer), Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Zhejiang Cancer Hospital; Institute of Cancer and Basic Medicine (ICBM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China |
Lorenzo Rossi | Institute of Oncology of Southern Switzerland (IOSI), Bellinzona, Switzerland |
Stephen J. Luen | Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Zhanhong Chen | Department of Medical Oncology (Breast Cancer), Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Zhejiang Cancer Hospital; Institute of Cancer and Basic Medicine (ICBM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China |
Xiying Shao | Department of Medical Oncology (Breast Cancer), Cancer Hospital of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences/Zhejiang Cancer Hospital; Institute of Cancer and Basic Medicine (ICBM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China |