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• Title:Managing breast cancer risk / Monica Morrow, V. Craig Jordan.
  
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• Author/Creator:Morrow, Monica.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Jordan, V. Craig (Virgil Craig)
  
• Published/Created:Hamilton, Ont. ; London : BC Decker Inc., c2003.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WP870 .M883 2003
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 <Cd-rom in pocket> Lost - 10-09-2004
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Breast--Cancer--Risk factors.
  Breast--Cancer--Prevention.
  Breast--Cancer--Chemoprevention.
  
• Medical Subjects: Breast Neoplasms--prevention & control.
  Risk Factors.
  Chemoprevention.
  
• Description:xiv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:155009260X
  
• Contents:Evaluation of risk
  Overview of clinical risk assessment
  Familial and genetic risk
  Endocrine risk factors
  Benign breast disease and breast cancer risk
  Lifestyle, environmental factors, and breast cancer risk
  Breast cancer risk in the context of overall health
  Risk management strategies
  Surveillance
  Outcome of routine surveillance of the high-risk woman
  Newer imaging approaches to the high-risk woman
  Role of breast epithelial sampling techniques in high-risk women
  Chemoprevention
  Biologic basis for breast cancer risk reduction with pharmacologic agents
  Tamoxifen for chemoprevention
  SERMs other than tamoxifen for chemoprevention
  Aromatase inhibitors for chemoprevention
  Quality of life issues with endocrine chemoprevention
  Improving quality of life for women at high risk for breast cancer: symptom management without estrogen
  Surgical prevention
  Prophylactic mastectomy and oophorectomy
  Breast reconstruction
  Practical management guidelines.