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Book Reviews C.A. Parsons Revised and Abbreviated Version of Diagnosis of Breast Diseases, Imaging, Clinical Features and Pathology Chapman & Hall, London 1983 283 pp.; ISBN 0-412-22130-6 The book has been compiled on the basis of a cooperation of specialists covering all aspects of breast diseases. The opening chapters are devoted to histological techniques and clinical aspects, emphasizing especially mammography, and dealing critically with methods of cytology and thermography currently applied. In subsequent sections the use of high and new technologies such as liquid crystal thermography and echography for diagnostic purposes is discussed; future developments are considered. The final chapter deals with all the aspects of diagnosis in clinical practice. Methods described in the previous chapters are given in detail, with special regard to routine application. Screening of high-risk groups within a defined population is discussed, considering also economic points of view. The book closes with a well-compiled bibliography. Summing up, this book offers a fine survey of both the most recent and classical diagnosis methods; this should make it a welcome addition to the libraries of both oncologists and surgeons as well as specialists in the field of breast pathology. Prof. Dr. S. Barg, Buenos Aires Benjamin S. Leung Hormonal Regulation of Mammary Tumors, Vol. 1 Steroid Hormones MTP Press, Lancaster 1983 307 pp.; E 24.95 ISBN 0-85200-621-7 The book comprises 10 chapters. The first one describes the history of research and development of views on the role of hormones in formation and growth of breast tumors in mice and rats. The further 5 chapters (being the leading part of the book) mainly deal with the contribution of estrogens to promotion and growth regulation of breast tumors, in the light of the newest attainments concerning the molecular mechanisms of estrogen action in the cell. Some problems singled out comprise: estrogens in carcinogenesis, receptor mechanisms of estrogen action in normal and neoplastic cells, estrogen-dependent synthesis of specific proteins, the mechanisms of action of anliestrogens, suitability of receptor studies for evaluation of hormone reactivity of human breast cancers and for prognosis of the development rate of disease. The further 3 chapters deal with the receptor mechanism of action of progesterone, androgens and glycocorticosteroids on growth regulation and formation of some selected breast neoplasms. Finally discussion is made of steroid hormone transformations occurring in neoplasms, able to influence the tissue micro-environment, e.g. transformation of androgens into estrogens etc.