eBook
by Justin Kelly, Maria Whelan and Michael Kerin
This guide has been developed in order to provide patients and doctors with a simple and understandable guide to some of the operations and interventions employed in the setting of a breast cancer surgery service.
We hope that this will provide a useful baseline for an informed discussion between patients and their medical carers, be it, surgeon, nurse or family doctor.
The diagrams are not intended to be anatomically accurate but are intended to provide a simple outline of the principles involved in any of the procedures.
Contents
Overview
Normal Breast Anatomy
Anatomy of Breast Cancer
Principles of Benign Breast Surgery
Breast Cancer Surgical Procedures
Breast Incisions
Diagnostic Breast Surgery/Triple assessment
Breast Mammograms
Fine Needle Aspiration
Core Biopsy
FNAC vs Core Biopsy
Breast MDM
Open Breast Biopsy (Benign)
Nipple Discharge/Mammary Ductoscopy
Biopsy of Impalpable Lesion
Lumpectomy for Cancer
Sentinel Node Biopsy
Simple Mastectomy
a) Oblique Flap
b) Transverse Flap
c) Fishtail
Axillary Clearance
Drains
Paravertebral Blocks
Breast Reconstruction
a) Expander / Implant
b) Latissimus Dorsi ± Prosthesis
c) TRAM Flap
d) Other flaps
e) Nipple Reconstruction
f) Symmetrisation
Cosmetic Surgery
a) Augmentation
b) Reduction / Mastopexy
c) Periareolar Mastopexy
Other Therapies
Breast Cancer Treatment
Chemotherapy
Radiotherapy
Hormonal Therapies
Herceptin
Research and Trials
Clinical Trials
Surveillance/Follow-up
Prognostic Factors
Breast Cancer Genetics