Dr. Susan Love's breast book / Susan M. Love with Karen Lindsey and Elizabeth Love.
Love, Susan M., author.; Love, Elizabeth (Journalist), author.; Lindsey, Karen, 1944- author.; Williams, Marcia, 1945- illustrator.
2015
RG491 .L68 2015eb
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Title
Dr. Susan Love's breast book / Susan M. Love with Karen Lindsey and Elizabeth Love.
Author
Love, Susan M., author.
Edition
Sixth edition.
ISBN
9781785396038 electronic book
178539603X
9780738218212 paperback
0738218219 paperback
Published
Boston, MA : Da Capo Lifelong, [2015]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 690 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number
RG491 .L68 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
618.1/9
Summary
For a woman faced with a diagnosis of breast cancer, the information available today is vast, uneven, and confusing. For more than two decades, readers have relied on Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book to guide them through this frightening thicket of research and opinion to find the best possible options for their particular situations. This sixth edition explains exciting advances in targeted treatments, hormonal therapies, safer chemotherapy, and immunologic approaches as well as new forms of surgery and radiation. There is extensive guidance for the increasing number of women living for years with metastatic breast cancer. With Dr. Love's warm support, readers can sort the facts from the fads, ask the right questions, and recognize when a second opinion might be wise.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Access restricted to authorized users.
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Love, Elizabeth (Journalist), author.
Lindsey, Karen, 1944- author.
Williams, Marcia, 1945- illustrator.
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Dr. Susan Love's breast book.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part one: The healthy breast and common problems: 1. The breast; 2. Common breast problems
Part two: What causes breast cancer and how do we prevent it? 3. Biology of cancer; 4. Hereditary breast cancer; 5. Understanding risk; 6. Prevention and risk reduction
Part three: Finding breast cancer: 7. Screening; 8. Diagnosis
Part four: Decisions: 9. Coping with a breast cancer diagnosis; 10. What kind of breast cancer do I have? 11. Decisions about treatment; 12. Special situations and populations
Part five: Treatment in the age of personalized medicine: 13. Local treatment: surgery; 14. Local treatment: radiation therapy; 15. Systemic therapy: chemotherapy, hormones, targeted therapies; 16. Systemic therapy: lifestyle changes and complementary treatments
Part six: After treatment: 17. Follow-up; 18. After breast cancer treatment: living with collateral damage
Part seven: Recurrence of breast cancer:
19. When cancer comes back; 20. Living with recurrence
Epilogue. Eradicating breast cancer: politics and research
Appendix A. Resources
Appendix B. Pathology checklist
Glossary
About the authors.

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