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Title: THE BREAST CANCER SURVIVAL MANUAL
A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE FOR THE WOMAN WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED BREAST CANCER
By: John Link
Format: Paperback

List price: £11.99


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ISBN 10: 0805064001
ISBN 13: 9780805064001
Publisher: ST MARTIN'S PRESS
Pub. date: 15 April, 2000
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Pages: 224
Description: This second edition is a concise guide that contains up-to-date findings to help the women facing treatment feel informed and empowered. It includes advice on Tamoxifen, Herceptin and other chemotherapy options, for example.
Synopsis: The updated edition of an essential resource needed by the 250,000 women diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women from thirty-five to fifty-four years of age, and few things are as terrifying and confusing as a diagnosis of this disease. The second edition of The Breast Cancer Survival Manual is a concise, information-packed guide that is newly revised to contain all of the latest findings to help the woman facing treatment feel informed and empowered. John Link, M.D., the director of the Memorial Breast Center in Long Beach-ranked by Self magazine as one of America's top ten breast cancer centers-includes the most current medical advice on: o Tamoxifen, Herceptin, and other chemotherapy options o The growing importance of Her-2 oncogene testing o Clinical research trials under way that could broaden treatment optionso The role of preventative drugs and prophylactic mastectomy for those with high genetic risko Sentinel lymph node sampling, a method of local control soon to become standard Of course, all of the basic information included in the first edition- the nature and biology of breast cancer, choosing a treatment team, managing side effects, and optimizing medication-are here as well, making this the best book of its kind on the market.
Illustrations: 28 line drawings
Publication: US
Imprint: St Martin's Press
Returns: Non-returnable
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