Reviews and Notes: Diseases of the Breast

JR Harris, ME Lippman, M Morrow, S Hellman; eds. 1047 pages. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven; 1996. $165.00. ISBN 0-397-51470-0. Order phone 800-777-2295.

This appears to be a successor to the 1987 text titled Breast Diseases; Harris and Hellman have served as editors for both books. In addition to having an inverted title and two additional editors, the new text differs from the old with chapters on biochemistry, molecular epidemiology, oncogenes and suppressor genes, immunology and immunotherapy, molecular pathology, cytokinetics, screening, new imaging techniques, and new therapies. A quick look at texts on the breast available in a university library showed that the most recent ones focus on either benign or malignant breast disease. The …