Inflammatory Breast Cancer: An Update

By Naoto T. Ueno

Book Overview

Introduction: Why IBC Now.-1. Epidemiology.-2 Diagnosis, Criteria and Controversy.-3 IBC Registration Study.-4 Pathology: Histomorphometrical Features Of IBC: Angiogenesis, Lymphangiogenesis, and Tumor Emboli.-5 Staging and Imaging.-6 Surgery.-7 Radiation Therapy.-8 Systemic Therapies.-9 Metastatic Treatment by Chemotherapy.-10 Role of Multidisciplinary Team Formation.-11 Role of High-Dose Chemotherapy.-12 Cell Line and Animal Models.-13 Signal Pathway in IBC.-14 Molecules That Drives the Metastasis and Invasion.-15 Inflammation.-16 Immunological Changes.-17 Angiogenesis and Lymphoangiogenesis.-18 Microarray Analysis Identifies a Peculiar IBC Expression Signature.-19 Stem Cell Gene Expression Signature in IBC.-20 The Effect of Systemic Chemotherapy on Minimal Residual Disease in The Blood And Bone Marrow Of Patients With IBC.-21 Patient's Perspective.Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9400797729
• ISBN13: 9789400797727
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"