Because most cancer care is delivered in the community setting, Breast Cancer, edited by Dr. James L. Weese, looks at the management of breast cancer through the lens of multidisciplinary pathways focused on evidence-based, real-world care of breast cancer patients in the community. A multidisciplinary team of expert authors provides state-of-the-art guidance from the perspective of community practitioners using an evidence-based model, clearly showing the thought processes used to make treatment decisions in today’s breast cancer management.

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