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Breast cancer : care and management / edited by Victoria Harmer. - 2nd ed. - Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. - vi, 366 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An overview of breast cancer / Elisabeth Grimsey -- The histopathology of breast cancer / Helen E. Froyd and Victoria Harmer -- Genetic factors in breast cancer / Audrey Ardern-Jones -- Breast screening / Ann-Marie Fretwell -- Surgery for breast cancer / Victoria Harmer -- Physiotherapy for patients with breast cancer / Helen Macleod and Pauline Koelling -- Breast reconstruction / Nicola West -- Chemotherapy as a treatment for breast cancer / Elaine Lennan -- Radiotherapy as a treatment for breast cancer / Karen Burnet -- Hormones as a treatment for breast cancer / Deborah Fenlon and Kay Townsend -- Lymphoedema and breast cancer / Mary Woods -- Fungating wounds / Victoria Harmer -- Advanced disease / Elizabeth Sumner -- Complementary and alternative therapies / Rosemary Lucey -- Psychological issues for the patient with breast cancer / Jane Rogers and Mary Turner -- Survivorship issues / Carmel Sheppard -- Specialist nursing roles : what are the challenges? / Emma Pennery.

9781405198660 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Breast--Cancer.
Breast--Diseases--Nursing.
Cancer--Nursing.
Breast Neoplasms--nursing.
Breast Neoplasms--therapy.
Oncologic Nursing--methods.

RC280.B8 / B6728 2011

616.99449 / B672