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A concise history of breast cancer / Marc Lacroix.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lacroix, Marc, 1963-
- Series:
- Cancer etiology, diagnosis, and treatments.
- Cancer Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatments
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Breast--Cancer--History.
- Breast.
- Breast--Cancer--Treatment.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (173 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed type of cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in women after lung cancer. It is estimated that breast cancer affects more than 1,000,000 women worldwide each year, and about 450,000 die from the disease. During the last decades, breast cancer has received considerable attention, yet it is a very old disease that was described years and years ago. This book provides a summary of breast cancer history. It covers the ages from the ancient times to the early 2000's, but mainly focuses on the 20th century and its numerous discoveries and inventions in the field of breast cancer detection, analysis and treatment. (Imprint: Novinka)
- Contents:
- From prehistoric times to the end of the Middle Ages
- Fifteenth to eighteenth centuries
- Nineteenth century
- Twentieth century and beyond breast cancer surgery
- Twentieth century and beyond breast cancer radiotherapy
- Twentieth century and beyond breast cancer chemotherapy
- Twentieth century and beyond endocrine therapy of breast cancer
- Twentieth century and beyond targeted therapy of breast cancer (including immunotherapy)
- Twentieth century and beyond breast cancer staging and grading
- Twentieth century and beyond breast cancer genetics
- Twentieth century and beyond breast cancer imaging and detection
- Twentieth century and beyond breast cancer models.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 04, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-61122-603-1
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