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Breast Cancer in Women of African Descent

Paperback Engels 2011 2006e druk 9789048169290
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Samenvatting

Although there are numerous technical-scientific books on breast cancer in the global bibliography, such books deal exclusively with the nature of the disease in majority populations of the Western societies, with little or no reference to the nature of the disease in the minority populations in such societies. Similarly, the nature of breast cancer in black women of the less privileged societies, and in women of ethnic groups living in countries of similar socio-economic status, is virtually unknown. For various epidemiological reasons, breast cancer incidence is rapidly increasing in these counties, more so than currently is the case in developed countries. Thus, the global burden of cancer is shifting gradually to these areas of the world, and may equal or even surpass the breast cancer burden in the Western societies within the foreseeable future. This book is unique because it bucks the trend of virtually all other breast cancer books by addressing specifically the breast cancer experience of women of African descent and their lifestyle counterparts in other societies of the world.

Specificaties

ISBN13:9789048169290
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:384
Uitgever:Springer Netherlands
Druk:2006

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Chapter 1: Burden of Breast Cancer in Developing and Developed Countries; D. Max Parkin Chapter 2: Genetics of Breast Cancer in Women of African Descent: An Overview; Offiong Francis Ikpatt and Olufunmilayo I. Olopade Chapter 3: Biology Of Breast Cancer: Molecular and Pathologic Features of Ductal Neoplasia of the Breast: Racial Considerations; David F. Chhieng, Andra R. Frost, Lynya I. Talley, William E. Grizzle Chapter 4: Screening and Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Women in Africa and the Middle East; B.L. Rapoport Chapter 5: Breast Cancer At Diagnosis in Women of Africa and the Middle East; Hussein M. Khaled Chapter 6: Breast Cancer Aggressiveness in Women of African Descent; Paul H. Levine and Carmela Veneroso Chapter 7: Radiotherapy of Breast Cancer; Olusegun Agboola Chapter 8: Adjuvant Therapy of Breast Cancer; Christopher K. O. Williams and Carla Falkson Chapter 9: Endocrine Therapy of Breast Cancer; Kathrin Strasser-Weippl and Paul E. Goss Chapter 10: Palliative Care for Breast Cancer in the African-American Population; Joseph O’Donnell Chapter 11: Outcome of African American Women with Breast Cancer in Cooperative Group Clinical Trials; Joseph M. Unger, Stephanie Green and Kathy S. Albain Chapter 12: Traditional Medicine in Breast Cancer Management with a Focus on the Chinese Integrative Approach; Steven K. H. Aung Chapter 13: Impact of Culture, Education and Socioeconomic Status; Rhonda S. Moore Chapter 14: Barriers to Successful Management of Breast Cancer; Christopher K.O. Williams

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