The Breast covers the physiology of normal breast, the aetiology, biology, investigation, medical and surgical treatment and management of benign and malignant breast disease. It maintains a balance between basic science and clinical papers and includes results of animal research only when relevant to human issues. It has been especially designed to be an invaluable source of information for surgeons, medical oncologists, epidemiologists, biochemists, pathologists, radiologists, radiotherapists and breast care nurses.

乳腺包括正常乳腺的生理、病因學、生物學、調查、醫學和外科治療以及乳腺良惡性疾病的管理。它保持了基礎科學和臨床論文之間的平衡，只包括與人類問題相關的動物研究結果。它被特別設計為外科醫生、醫學腫瘤學家、流行病學家、生物化學家、病理學家、放射科醫生、放射治療師和乳房護理護士的寶貴信息來源。