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Previous Volume 351:1153-1154 September 9, 2004 Number 11

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By Catherine N. Chinyama. 150 pp., illustrated. Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 2004. $119. ISBN 3-540-20472-5.

Catherine Chinyama has made a creditable attempt to bring order to the often confusing field of benign breast disease. She begins with an overview of diagnostic approaches — radiologic, surgical, and pathological — and then gives a detailed description of specific types of benign breast disease that are organized predominantly by pathological findings. The book concludes with a discussion of risk assessment for patients with the condition. The author addresses one of the major challenges in the field — a lack of agreement among practitioners regarding terminology — in a discussion of the various terms used for each benign breast . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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