Breast Cancer in Women of African Descent Edited by Christopher Kwesi O. Williams, (Senior Editor) British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver Island Centre, Nanaimo Cancer Clinic and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Carla I. Falkson, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA Finally, there is a book that focuses on the plight of breast cancer challenges in black women all over the world. The book also has relevance to the breast cancer experience in women of other ethnic groups, who live a lifestyle of social marginalization as immigrants, or descendants of recent immigrants in Western societies, as well as women living in less privileged societies all over the world. Although there are numerous technical-scientific books on breast cancer in the global bibliography, such books deal exclusively with the nature of the disease in majority populations of the Western societies, with little or no reference to the nature of the disease in the minority populations in such societies. Similarly, The nature of breast cancer in black women of the less privileged societies, and in women of ethnic groups living in countries of similar socio-economic status, is virtually unknown. For various epidemiological reasons, breast cancer incidence is rapidly increasing in these counties, more so than currently is the case in developed countries. Thus, the global burden of cancer is shifting gradually to these areas of the world, and may equal or even surpass the breast cancer burden in the Western societies within foreseeable future. This book is unique by the fact that it bucks the trend of virtually all other breast cancer books by addressing specifically the breast cancer experience of women of African descent and their lifestyle counterparts in other societies of the world. Written for: Professional cancer caregivers serving black patients in developed countries, practising in Africa (including the Middle East), South East Asia, Australian and Asia Minor (Papua New Guinea, etc., in the African Diaspora of the Caribbean basin, Central America, South America, especially Brazil; Government agencies in Africa, USA, EU countries with sizeable minority populations, and governments of the countries of Latin America and Caribbean Basin; breast cancer advocacy groups in the US, Canada, EU countries, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean Basin; libraries; international cancer organizations, including WHO (Geneva), IARC (Lyon, France), UICC. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Burden of Breast Cancer in Developing and Developed Countries by D. Max Parkin Chapter 2:Genetics of Breast Cancer in Women of African Descent: An Overview by Offiong Francis Ikpatt and Olufunmilayo I. Olopade Chapter 3: Biology Of Breast Cancer: Molecular and Pathologic Features of Ductal Neoplasia of the Breast: Racial Considerations by David F. Chhieng, Andra R. Frost, Lynya I. Talley, William E. Grizzle Chapter 4: Screening and Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Women in Africa and the Middle East by B. L. Rapoport Chapter 5: Breast Cancer At Diagnosis in Women of Africa and the Middle East by Hussein M. Khaled Chapter 6: Breast Cancer Aggressiveness in Women of African Descent by Paul H. Levine and Carmela Veneroso Chapter 7: Radiotherapy of Breast Cancer by Olusegun Agboola Chapter 8: Adjuvant Therapy of Breast Cancer by Christopher K. O. Williams and Carla Falkson Chapter 9: Endocrine Therapy of Breast Cancer by Kathrin Strasser-Weippl and Paul E. Goss Chapter 10: Palliative Care for Breast Cancer in the African-American Population by Joseph O’Donnell Chapter 11: Outcome of African American Women with Breast Cancer in Cooperative Group Clinical Trials by Joseph M. Unger, Stephanie Green and Kathy S. Albain Chapter 12: Traditional Medicine in Breast Cancer Management with a Focus on the Chinese Integrative Approach by Steven K. H. Aung Chapter 13: Impact of Culture, Education and Socioeconomic Status by Rhonda J. Moore Chapter 14: Barriers to Successful Management of Breast Cancer by Christopher K. O. Williams Order at: www.springer.com Remember we are NOT Doctors and have NO medical training. This site is like an Encylopedia - there are many pages, many links on many topics. Support our work with any size DONATION - see left side of any page - for how to donate. You can help raise awareness of CAM.