Breast Cancer Author:Howell The European Commission Series for General Practitioners traces its beginnings to the Europe Against Cancer Programme. The books in the series cover major cancer diseases in writing designed specifically for general practitioners in the European Community countries. The texts are prepared and edited by the European School of Oncology (ESO... more ») for the Commission of the European Communities. Each book will be published in each of the official languages of the European Community.The books all follow the same basic design. The first part, which can be read in as little as fifteen minutes, summarizes various aspects under relevant questions. The second part focuses on practical problems as they appear to the general practitioner in day-by-day practice. Selected references to recent textbooks and monographs complete the brief discussion and point the interested individual to further reading. Breast cancer is the most frequent neoplastic disease among European women. The importance of the general practitioner's role, especially in the early diagnosis of breast cancer, is underscored in this second volume of the EC Series for General Practitioners.« less