Breast Cancer Multidisciplinary Pathways for Cancer Care in the Community

• Discusses all the latest breakthrough therapies for breast cancer, including chemotherapeutic, molecular, and immunologic agents, as well as new developments in precision-based medicine, pharmacology, breast cancer surgery, breast and lymphatic reconstruction, radiation therapy, and more. 

• Provides strategies for targeted radiation therapy and conservative breast surgery for contemporary breast cancer treatment 

• Features more than 200 high-quality figures throughout, including pathways, anatomic, radiographic, and graphic images. 

• Models a consistent, team-based thought process used at leading academic institutions to foster consistent decision making applied to the community setting. 

• Includes key points at the beginning of each chapter that highlight essential concepts and topics 

• An ideal resource for practicing medical oncologists, surgical oncologists, and radiation therapists,  trainees and practitioners in related fields, and oncology nurses and case managers. 

• An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. 

BREAST CANCER CARE IN THE COMMUNITY

Ch 1 Overview of Breast Cancer Care Settings

• • Briefly touch on settings where care is delivered with a focus on community

• • Why community care is different and important

Ch 2 Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Breast Cancer

• • Personnel and roles of multidisciplinary team members

• • Pathways as tools for facilitating effective multidisciplinary care management

• • Team-based treatment planning

Ch 3 Role of the Nurse Navigator

• • Unique and important role as facilitator of care

PART TWO PATIENT SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND EVALUATION IN THE COMMUNITY

Ch 4 Breast Cancer Screening

• • Importance of

• • Diagnostic criteria

• • Data on outcomes

• • Radiologic techniques

• • Screening and management of patients at high risk to develop breast cancer

Ch 5 Outcomes and Quality Indicators

• • Data and ways to improve cancer treatment

Ch 6 Evaluation and Treatment in the Underserved Community

• • Community outreach

• • Goals and strategies

PART THREE BREAST CANCER TREATMENT IN THE COMMUNITY

Ch 7 Contemporary Surgical Approaches to Breast Cancer

• • Biopsy techniques

• • Surgical options

• • Oncoplastic procedures

• • Reconstruction

• • Management of the axilla, lymphedema, the "other" breast,

• • Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS)

Ch 8 Radiation Therapy

• • Whole Breast

• • Segmental

• • IORT

Ch 9 Chemotherapy

• • Adjuvant

• • Neoadjuvant

• • Metastatic disease, precision medicine

• • Therapy changes based on precision medicine and molecular testing

• • Immunotherapy

Ch 10 Precision Medicine

• • Receptors

Ch 11 Treatment-Related Symptom and Toxicity Management

PART FOUR FOLLOW UP AND AFTER CARE

Ch 12 Rehabilitation

Ch 13 Nutrition

Ch 14 Survivorship

Ch 15 Palliative Care and Hospice

PART FIVE RELATED TOPICS FOR DELIVERY OF CARE TODAY AND TOMORROW

Ch 16 Genetics and Prevention

• • Patients at high risk for breast cancer

Ch 17 Financial Navigation

• • Coping with high cost of new drugs

Ch 18 Expectations for the Future