MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER

MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER

Scientific editors and authors
Instead of an introduction
Reviews
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I. History of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment
1. History of surgical treatment
Vasil Pavlov, Svilen Maslyankov

2. History of the development and application of imaging methods in diagnostics
Valentin Ivanov, Gavril Nakov

II. Epidemiology
3. Epidemiology of malignant breast diseases in Bulgaria
Zdravka Valerianova

III. Risk factors and prevention
4. Risk factors for the occurrence, heredity and procedures to reduce the risk of breast cancer
Elitsa Valerieva, Mariela Vasileva-Slaveva

IV. Screeningг
5. European recommendations for screening
Valentin Ivanov, Gavril Nakov

V. Pathology
6. Types of biopsy examination. Advantages and limitations of the methods
Alexandrina Vlahova

7. Morphology and histological types
Marusya Genadieva

8. Determination of receptor status
Alexandrina Vlahova

9. Molecular subtypes
Marusya Genadieva

10. Prognostic and predictive markers and indices. Multigene signatures
Alexandrina Vlahova

11. Histological assessment of pathological response after neoadjuvant therapy
Alexandrina Vlahova

12. Controversial aspects of teamwork in the diagnosis of breast carcinoma
Yaroslava Marincheva

VI. Quality of breast cancer treatment in Bulgaria
13. Indicators for the quality of breast cancer treatment in Bulgaria
Mariela Vasileva-Slaveva, Svilen Maslyankov, Angel Yordanov

VII. Non-invasive breast cancera
14. Behavior in non-invasive carcinoma
Mariela Vasileva-Slaveva

VIII. Early breast carcinoma
15. Clinical assessment of lesions on the breast
Mariela Vasileva-Slaveva

16. Imaging diagnostics – ultrasound, digital mammography, MRI, tomosynthesis. Standard for breast cancer diagnosis in Bulgaria
Valentin Ivanov, Gavril Nakov

17. Place of the PET scanner in the diagnosis and staging of early breast cancer
Zhivka Dancheva, Pavel Bochev, Borislav Chaushev, Anelia Klisarova

18. Safety of imaging methods for breast cancer diagnosis
Desislava Kostova-Lefterova

19. Early breast carcinoma – systemic treatment
Asya Konsulova

20. The place of mastectomy in the modern treatment of breast cancer. Types of mastectomy. MRM with/without one-stage reconstruction, nipple-sparing MRM with one-stage reconstruction
Svilen Maslyankov

21. Oncoplastic techniques. Types of implants – design, indications and safety of use, specific complications
Svilen Maslyankov

22. Specific, implant-based reconstruction techniques
Svilen Maslyankov

23. Plastics with their own tissues
Svilen Maslyankov

24. Reconstruction of the areola-mammary complex
Svilen Maslyankov

25. Organ preservation operations
Svilen Maslyankov

26. Evidence-based management of the axilla. Axillary dissections
Svilen Maslyankov, Tsvetelina Paycheva, Mariela Vasileva-Slaveva

27. Radiation therapy of primary tumor
Iglika Mihaylova

28. Radiation therapy to the axilla
Iglika Mihaylova

29. Intraoperative radiotherapy
Mariela Vasileva-Slaveva, Svilen Maslyankov, Zahari Zahariev, Alexandrina Vlahova Asya Konsulova, Desislava Kostova-Lefterova

IX. Advanced and metastatic breast cancer
30. Clinical evaluation of advanced breast cancer
Hristina Ivanovska-Peneva

31. Imaging diagnostics in advanced breast cancer
Valentin Ivanov, Gavril Nakov

32. The role of PET/CT in the diagnosis and staging of advanced breast cancer
Zhivka Dancheva, Pavel Bochev, Borislav Chaushev, Anelia Klisarova

33. Systemic treatment for metastatic or recurrent breast cancer
Asya Konsulova

34.The role of surgery on the primary tumor in patients with de novo metastatic breast cancer
Mariela Vasileva-Slaveva, Yoana Simeonova, Mihaela Dimitrova-Mladenova, Asya Konsulova, Elitsa Valerieva, Yaroslava Marincheva, Hristina Ivanovska-Peneva, Desislava Kostova-Lefterova, Elena Chuprina, Svilen Maslyankov, Angel Yordanov

35. Patterns of metastatic spread and survival of Bulgarian patients with breast cancer
Mariela Vasileva-Slaveva, Yoana Simeonova, Asya Konsulova, Angel Yordanov, Elitsa Valerieva, Yaroslava Marincheva, Hristina Ivanovska-Peneva, Desislava Kostova Lefterova, Svilen Maslyankov, Mihaela Dimitrova-Mladenova

36. Place of surgery in the treatment of locally advanced breast cancer
Svilen Maslyankov

37. Place of surgery in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer
Svilen Maslyankov

38. Surgery in oligometastatic disease. Role of surgery in the treatment of the primary focus in stage IV
Svilen Maslyankov

39. Surgical techniques in breast surgery after neoadjuvant treatment
Svilen Maslyankov

40. Radiation therapy (of primary tumor and axilla, palliative radiotherapy of metastases, radiosurgery)
Hristina Ivanovska-Peneva

X. Pain management
41. Analgesia in patients with breast cancer: contemporary aspects
Daughter Tsoneva

XI. Treatment complications
42. Complications after surgery
Mariela Vasileva-Slaveva

43. Complications after systemic treatment
Asya Konsulova

44. Complications after radiotherapy
Nikolay Nedev

XII. Specific forms of breast carcinoma
45. Breast cancer and pregnancy
Mariela Vasileva-Slaveva, Desislava Kostova-Lefterova, Elitsa Valerieva, Angel Yordanov, Asya Konsulova

46. Male breast cancer
Asya Konsulova, Mariela Vasileva-Slaveva

47.Paget's disease
Svilen Maslyankov, Tsvetelina Paycheva

48. Inflammatory breast carcinoma
Svilen Maslyankov, Tsvetelina Paycheva

49. Occult breast carcinoma
Svilen Maslyankov, Tsvetelina Paycheva, Kiril Mladenov

XIII. Supportive care for patients with breast cancer
50. Best supportive care for breast cancer survivors
Nikolay Yordanov

51. Psycho-oncology. The role of the psychologist in the encounter with the diagnosis „"breast cancer"’
Zornitsa Spiridonova

XIV. Work in a specialized ward for patients with breast cancer
52. Minimum requirements for specialized departments for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer
Mariela Vasileva-Slaveva

XV. Breast cancer through the eyes of the Bulgarian patient
53. The Patient's Journey – 1
Ivelina Yordanova

54. The Patient's Journey – 2
Rumyana Asenova