Designed in a small-format for practical reading and point-of-care setting use, this work presents the most up-to-date concepts on breast diseases. The main objective of this book is to propagate current knowledge of the most frequent breast diseases, being a quick reference, evidence-based manual covering the major clinical scenarios in mastology. The essence of the work can be summarized in the following sentence: "access to maximum content in the least amount of time."

The book contains data that will allow readers to understand and treat patients with different complaints and diseases. Each chapter presents a flow chart and a summary of the five major publications on the subject. This is unique in comparison with other books in this medical specialty. Developed by a team of international expert specialists who deal with breast pathologies on a daily basis, the book also includes additional contributions from experienced, renowned professionals in interdisciplinary specialties related to the main area.

This book will be of interest to physicians who deal with breast diseases and wish to improve their knowledge through exposure to state-of-the-art data and best practices advice. It is also directed to medical students and residents in training within mastology. (This title was originally published in Portuguese by the Brazilian publisher Atheneu in 2011 and has sold very well and gone into a third edition, published in 2017. The Editors have all English language rights, detailed in the attached contract, although it is in Portuguese).

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1. Guilherme Novita obtained his Master's degree from the Medical School of the University of São Paulo (FMUSP). Coordinator of the Mastology Service of the Paulistano Hospital and Mastologist of the Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital, São Paulo, SP. Fellow of the European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.

2. Antônio Luiz Frasson is holder of the Breast Group of the Oncology Center of the Israelita Albert Einstein Hospital, São Paulo, SP. Adjunct Professor-Doctor of the School of Medicine of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS). President of the Brazilian Society of Mastology (2017-2019).

3. Eduardo Camargo Millen is President of the Brazilian Society of Mastology - Rio de Janeiro Regional (2017-2019). Mastologist of the Cancer National Institute (INCA-RJ). Fellow of the European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.

4. Felipe Zerwes is Adjunct Professor of the School of Medicine of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS). Coordinator of the Mastology Service of the Cancer Hospital Mãe de Deus, Porto Alegre, RS. Fellow of the European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.

5. Francisco Pimentel Cavalcante is Mastologist of the Hospital Geral de Fortaleza (HGF) and President of the Brazilian Society of Mastology - Ceará Regional (2017-2019).

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6. Classification BI-RADS®

7. Mammography

8. Ultrasound

9. Magnetic Resonance Scanning

10. Nuclear Medicine: PET Scan, Breast Scintigraphy and MBI

11. Other Imaging Methods

12. Mammographic Screening

13. Special Screening Situations

14. Percutaneous Biopsies - Clinical and Radiological Aspects

15. Percutaneous Biopsies - Histopathological Aspects

16. Histopathological Classification of Benign Lesions

17. Breast Lump

18. Mastalgia

19. Nipple Discharge

20. Gynecomastia

21. Infectious Breast Diseases

22. Classification of Proliferative Breast Lesions
23. Treatment of Proliferative Breast Lesions

19. Ductal Carcinoma in situ

20. Identifying High-Risk Patients

21. Practical Aspects of Genetic Counselling

22. Prevention: Habits and Behavior

23. Chemoprevention

24. Risk Reducing Surgeries

25. Carcinogenesis and Natural History of Breast Cancer

26. Histopathological and Immunohistochemical Classification of Breast Cancer

27. Staging and Prognostic Factors

28. Epidemiology of Breast Cancer

29. Predictive and Prognostic Factors: Genetic Signatures, Adjuvant! and PREDICT

30. Mastectomy

31. Conservative Breast Surgery

32. Surgery of Axillary and Regional Lymph Nodes

33. Surgery of Non-Palpable Breast Lesions

34. Handling the Surgical Specimen

35. Principles of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery

36. Partial Breast Reconstruction Pedicles

37. Breast Reconstruction with Implants

38. Breast Reconstruction with Myocutaneous Flaps

39. Lipofilling
40. Aesthetic Breast Surgery

41. Early Breast Cancer

42. Locally Advanced Breast Surgery

43. Influence of Histologic, Immunohistochemical and Molecular Types on Therapeutics

44. Inflammatory Carcinoma

45. Invasive Lobular Carcinoma

46. Occult Breast Cancer

47. Paget's Disease

48. Nonepithelial Breast Cancer

49. Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer

50. Breast Cancer in Young Patients

51. Breast Cancer in Elderly Patients

52. Multifocal, Multicentric and Bilateral Carcinoma

53. Breast Cancer in Men

54. Local Relapses

55. Breast Cancer in Patients with Previous Aesthetic Surgery

56. Radiotherapy

57. Hormonal Therapy

58. Adjuvant Chemotherapy

59. Therapy Anti-Her-2

60. Neoadjuvant Therapy

61. Other Systemic Treatments

62. Follow-up

63. Survivorship

64. Physical Rehabilitation after Breast Cancer Treatment

65. Contraception and Infertility

66. Climateric Treatment after Breast Cancer

67. Metastatic Breast Cancer - Therapies and Palliative Care