A Concise History of Breast Cancer

I would like to inform you that my book "A Concise History of Breast Cancer" will be published soon (March 1st, 2011).

Book Description:

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed type of cancer and the
second leading cause of cancer death in women after lung cancer. It is
estimated that breast cancer affects more than 1,000,000 women
worldwide each year, and about 450,000 die from the disease. During
the last decades, breast cancer has received considerable attention,
yet it is a very old disease that was described years and years ago.
This book provides a summary of breast cancer history. It covers the
ages from the ancient times to the early 2000's, but mainly focuses on
the 20th century and its numerous discoveries and inventions in the
field of breast cancer detection, analysis and treatment.

Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: From Prehistoric Times to the End of the Middle Ages
(Egypt, China, India,   Persia, Greece, Rome, Byzance, Islamic Spain,
Middle Ages)
Chapter 2: Fifteenth to Eighteenth Centuries
Chapter 3: Nineteenth Century

TWENTIETH CENTURY AND BEYOND:
Chapter 4: Breast Cancer Surgery
Chapter 5: Breast Cancer Radiotherapy
Chapter 6: Breast Cancer Chemotherapy (including Combination
Chemotherapy, Metronomic Chemotherapy...)
Chapter 7: Endocrine Therapy of Breast Cancer (including Ovarian
Suppressors, Tamoxifen  and Estrogen Receptor Regulators, Aromatase
Inhibitors...)
Chapter 8: Targeted Therapy of Breast Cancer (including Immunotherapy)
Chapter 9: Breast Cancer Staging and Grading
Chapter 10: Breast Cancer Genetics (including BRCA1, BRCA2...)
Chapter 11: Breast Cancer Imaging and Detection (including
Mammography,  Magnetic  Resonance Imaging (MRI), Ultrasonography,
Optical Imaging, Thermography,  Computer Tomography, Positron Emission
Tomography, Positron Emission  Tomography, PET/CT, Scintigraphy,
Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, SPECT/CT,
Scintimammography, BSGI, Elastography, Electrical Impedance
Tomography...)
Chapter 12: Breast Cancer Models (including Mouse Models, Rat Models,
Breast Cancer Cell      Lines, Breast Cancer Xenografts, Genetically
Engineerd Mice, Mammospheres, Breast Cancer Stem Cells...)

Books Bibliography

The Author

Born in 1963, Prof. Marc Lacroix (Belgium) has been working on breast cancer in
several academic institutions and at InTextoResearch, an agency
devoted to scientific information on cancer. He authored three books:
"Tumor Suppressor Genes in Breast Cancer" (2008), "Molecular Therapy
of Breast Cancer: Classicism meets Modernity" (2009), and "MicroRNAs
in Breast Cancer" (2010).

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Sincerely,

Marc Lacroix