Breast Cancer. Multidisciplinary Pathways for Cancer Care in the Community

PART ONE 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

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.

 

AUTHORS

James L. Weese, MD, FACS, Vice President, Aurora Cancer Services, Aurora Health Care, Clinical Adjunct Professor of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee, Wisconsin