The Breast Cancer Book: What You Need to Know to Make Informed Decisions

✍ Scribed by Ruth H. Grobstein

Publisher: Yale University Press
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Leaves: 229
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

A diagnosis of breast cancer is among the most frightening moments in a person’s lifeso frightening that even to formulate questions for the doctor may seem impossible. This helpful book is written as a guide for women and men facing breast cancer and for their caring families and friends. It is also written for women who have not been diagnosed with breast cancer but are concerned that they may be.
Drawing on her many years of experience with breast cancer patients, Dr. Ruth H. Grobstein provides exactly the information they want and need in order to make the best health decisions. Her jargon-free book deals with general issues of interest to all womenmammography, hormone replacement therapy, risk factors for breast cancer, and moreas well as the numerous issues that patients diagnosed with breast cancer confront. Her book will be an indispensable companion, providing reliable information for patients on the journey through a sometimes confusing and impersonal medical system.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Facts You Should Know And Questions You Might Ask
Chapter 2. Detection: Mammograms And Breast Exams
Chapter 3. The Path To Your Diagnosis: Breast Biopsies
Chapter 4. The Pathologist’S Report
Chapter 5. Your Treatment Team And Second Opinions
Chapter 6. Surgery And Staging Of Your Breast Cancer
Chapter 7. Radiation Therapy
Chapter 8. Systemic Therapy
Chapter 9. More Facts You Should Know
Chapter 10. Transition Time
Resources
Index
Tear-Out Decision Trees

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