Management of Breast Cancer in Older Women

1. Basic Science of Breast Cancer in Older Patients
Irmgard Irminger-Finger

2. Tumor Biology and Pathology
Virginie Durbecq, Denis Larsimont

3. Clinical Epidemiology and the Impact of Co-Morbidity on Survival
Adri C. Voogd, Marieke J. Louwman, Jan Willem W. Coebergh

4. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Margot A. Gosney

5. A Practical Mini-Guide to Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Siri Rostoft Kristjansson

6. Impact of the Physiological Effects of Aging on the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Systemic Breast Cancer Treatment
Paul Hamberg, Maja J. A. Jonge, Caroline M. Seynaeve

7. Impact of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Breast Cancer
Toral Gathani, Valerie Beral

8. Experiences of a Multidisciplinary Elderly Breast Cancer Clinic: Using the Right Specialists, in the Same Place, with Time
Anne Stotter, Mohammad Tahir, Robert S. Pretorius, Thompson Robinson

9. Mammographic Breast Screening in Elderly Women
Lynda Wyld

10. Primary Endocrine Therapy for the Treatment of Early Breast Cancer in Older Women
Lynda Wyld, Daniel Hind

11. Peroperative Radiotherapy
Roberto Orecchia, Giovanni Battista Ivaldi, Maria Cristina Leonardi

12. General and Local Anesthetics
Bernadette Th. Veering

13. The Surgical Management of Breast Cancer in Elderly Women
Malcolm W. R. Reed, Lynda Wyld, Riccardo A. Audisio

14. Breast Reconstruction
Marcus J. D. Wagstaff, Malcolm W. R. Reed, Christopher M. Caddy

15. Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy
Laura Biganzoli

16. Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Sumanta Kumar Pal, Nilesh Vora, Arti Hurria

17. Adjuvant Radiotherapy
Pierre G. M. Scalliet

18. Prevention and Treatment of Skeletal Complications
Matthew C. Winter, Helen L. Neville-Webbe, Robert E. Coleman

19. Medical Management of Advanced Disease
Hans P. M. W. Wildiers

20. The Use of Chemotherapy in Elderly Cancer Patients: Dose Adjusting, Drug Interactions, and Polypharmacy
Lazzaro Repetto, Claudia Bartolomeo

21. Delayed Presentation of Breast Cancer in Older Women
Lindsay J. L. Forbes, Amanda J. Ramirez

22. Patient Decision Making
Martine Extermann

23. Culture, Ethnicity, and Race: Persistent Disparities in Older Women with Breast Cancer
Antonella Surbone, Marjorie Kagawa-Singer

24. Supportive, Palliative and End-of-Life Care for Older Breast Cancer Patients
Elaine Cachia, Ruth Broadhurst, Sam H. Ahmedzai

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Oncology, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Diagnostic Radiology, Surgical Oncology