A new edition of Book Three in the Intelligent Patient Guide series. The authors, all of whom are professors at leading medical schools, practicing physicians, and consultants to cancer agencies, describe all aspects of breast cancer, from time-proven treatments to the latest advances in technology, medication, and surgical techniques. Topics include: breast health, screening, detection, treatment, surgery, alternative therapies, reconstructive surgery, coping with cancer, prognosis, breast cancer awareness and advocacy, navigating the health care system, and health information on the internet.
A new edition of Book Three in the Intelligent Patient Guide series. The authors, all of whom are professors at leading medical schools, practicing physicians, and consultants to cancer agencies, describe all aspects of breast cancer, from time-proven treatments to the latest advances in technology, medication, and surgical techniques. Topics include: breast health, screening, detection, treatment, surgery, alternative therapies, reconstructive surgery, coping with cancer, prognosis, breast cancer awareness and advocacy, navigating the health care system, and health information on the internet.
Inside this guide: cancer, all about mammograms, breast self-examination, biopsies explained, radiation, hormone therapy and chemotherapy, non-traditional therapies, diet and vitamins.
This best-selling self-help book for cancer patients and their families, by five practising physicians and professors of medicine, is the definitive authority on all aspects of breast cancer. It equips patients with the knowledge needed to take an active part in their treatment. Patients involved in making decisions about their treatment are better able to deal with their illness than are patients who relegate control to their doctors. Topics covered in the book include what cancer is, all about mammograms, breast self-examination technique, risk, what to do if a lump is found, benefits and side effects of all treatments, chemotherapy and radiation, what type of surgery is best, coping with cancer, reconstructive surgery and physiotherapy, handling the emotional side, diet and vitamins, what herceptin is and how it should be used, the new concept of partial breast radiotherapy, what a sentinel node biopsy is, and practical tips on living with cancer.
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