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Edited By
James Metz, MD, Editor-in-Chief, OncoLink; Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Margaret Hampshire, RN, BSN, OCN, Managing Editor, OncoLink, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Description
This book provides the essential information that you need throughout all stages of this disease. Avoiding jargon, it answers all the
questions that you have concerning risk and prevention, screening and diagnosis, through to all the various treatment options available:
surgery, chemotherapy, targeted therapies, radiation and hormonal therapy, complementary and alternative therapies and provides you with
day-to-day lifestyle advice too. Attractively designed and clearly presented, the book allows you to quickly find all the answers that
you are looking for safe with the knowledge that the information comes from one of the world's leading cancer internet resources - OncoLink.
Compiled by international experts, and arranged in a question-and-answer style, this book is an essential purchase for all breast cancer
patients, their doctors and their carers.
Contents
Introduction
Risk and prevention
Screening and diagnosis
Treatment [surgery/chemotherapy/targeted/radiation/hormonal therapy]
Complementary
and alternative medicine
Nutrition and breast cancer
Living with breast cancer
Resources
Cancer diary
Index
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Paperback, 256 pages, publication date: OCT-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7020-2866-3
ISBN-10: 0-7020-2866-5
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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