Basic Considerations
Front Matter
Pages 1-1
Anatomy and Physiology of the Breast during Pregnancy and Lactation
Ashley Alex, Eva Bhandary, Kandace P. McGuire
Pages 3-7
Physical Breast Examination in Pregnancy and Lactation
Sadaf Alipour
Pages 9-16
Breast Imaging in Pregnancy and Lactation
Adriana K. Langer
Pages 17-25
Breast Cytology and Pathology in Pregnancy and Lactation
Vahid Soleimani, Behnaz Jahanbin
Pages 27-32
Clinical Presentations of Breast Disorders in Pregnancy and Lactation
Dhananjay Kulkarni
Pages 33-39
Benign and Premalignant Disorders of the Breast in Pregnancy and Lactation
Front Matter
Pages 41-41
Benign Disorders of the Breast in Pregnancy and Lactation
Nur Aishah Taib, Kartini Rahmat
Pages 43-51
Mastitis, Breast Abscess, and Granulomatous Mastitis
Ramesh Omranipour, Mahtab Vasigh
Pages 53-61
Premalignant Disorders of the Breast in Pregnancy and Lactation
Ramesh Omranipour, Sadaf Alipour, Fereshteh Ensani, Faina Nakhlis
Pages 63-72
Breast Cancer in Pregnancy and Lactation
Front Matter
Pages 73-73
Epidemiology of Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer
Anna L. V. Johansson, Hanne Stensheim
Pages 75-79
Histology of Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer
Behnaz Jahanbin, Vahid Soleimani
Pages 81-86
Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis and Prognosis of Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer
James Sun, Marie Catherine Lee
Pages 87-93
Surgery for Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer
Ramesh Omranipour
Pages 95-99
Local Complications of Breast Surgery during Pregnancy and Lactation
Sadaf Alipour
Pages 101-105
Aspects of Anesthesia for Breast Surgery during Pregnancy
Amirhossein Eskandari, Sadaf Alipour
Pages 107-114
Systemic Treatments in Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer
Omid S. Tehrani
Pages 115-124
Radiotherapy in Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer
Farnaz Amouzegar Hashemi
Pages 125-127
Concerns of Hereditary Breast Cancer in Pregnancy and Lactation
Jennifer Chen, Vishnu Prasath, Jennifer Axilbund, Mehran Habibi
Pages 129-132
Paget Disease of the Breast in Pregnancy and Lactation
Richard Gilmore, Vishnu Prasath, Mehran Habibi
Pages 133-136
Phyllodes Tumor of the Breast in Pregnancy and Lactation
Sadaf Alipour, Amirhossein Eskandari
Pages 137-142
Inflammatory Breast Cancer in Pregnancy and Lactation
Samantha Linhares, Tamrah Alrammah, Hattan A. Alghamdi, Mecker G. Möller
Pages 143-151
Prenatal Care during and after Breast Cancer Treatment
Mina Mhallem Gziri, Khadija Bouhna
Pages 153-157
Lactation during and after Breast Cancer
Fedro A. Peccatori, Bruna Migliavacca Zucchetti, Barbara Buonomo, Giulia Bellettini, Giovanni Codacci-Pisanelli, Micaela Notarangelo
Pages 159-163
Pregnancy in Breast Cancer Survivors
Vesna Bjelic-Radisic, Mohsen Esfandbod, Sadaf Alipour
Pages 165-174
Impact of Breast Cancer Treatment on Fertility
Konstantinos D. Dinas
Pages 175-179
Fertility Counseling and Preservation for Breast Cancer Patients
Konstantinos D. Dinas
Pages 181-187
Pregnancy after Breast Reconstruction
Heba Alkhashnam, Francoise Rimareix, Chafika Mazouni, Nicolas Leymarie, Benjamin Sarfati, Jean-Francois Honart et al.
Pages 189-193
Pregnancy and Lactation: Risk or Protective Factors for Breast Cancer?
Bruna Migliavacca Zucchetti, Fedro A. Peccatori, Giovanni Codacci-Pisanelli
Pages 195-197
Psychological Aspects of Pregnancy and Lactation in Patients with Breast Cancer
Ali-Akbar Nejatisafa, Flavia Faccio, Ronak Nalini
Pages 199-207

Symptoms of the breast in gravid women commonly represent physiological changes, however they may also be related to serious underlying breast disease; this challenging dilemma is aggravated by diagnostic and therapeutic limitations imposed by safety issues regarding the mother and fetus. A comprehensive coverage of all aspects of normal and pathologic breast changes during pregnancy and lactation, their diagnosis and management is provided in the present work.
The organized structure of this book begins with gestational changes of the breast, while discussing safety, hazards, and arguments regarding diagnostic approaches. It then goes on by describing various clinical presentations and common and uncommon benign disorders during gravidity. The book then addresses pre-malignant lesions of the breast, opening the dialogue on how to manage these confusing lesions in pregnant and nursing women. It continues toward pregnancy-associated breast cancer, focusing on every facet of the problem, including epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and complications, anesthetic considerations, prenatal care, and rare malignancies; and comes to an end by arguing main psychological concerns. In the midst of this orderly sequence fertility issues, pregnancy, and breastfeeding in women who have overcome their breast cancer are also discussed.
This unique reference has been written by academic experts from different centers and diverse disciplines in a practical format. It is intended to be an ideal resource for every practitioner and specialist who manages complaints of gravid and nursing women or treats breast disorders in women of child bearing age.