Dr. Susan Love's breast book
Record details
- ISBN: 0738218219
- ISBN: 9780738218212
- ISBN: 9781785396038
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (37 entries) : 119 images, digital files.
remote - Edition: Fully updated & revised sixth edition; [enhanced Credo edition]
- Publisher: Cambridge [Massachusetts] : Da Capo Press, 2015.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Merloyd Lawrence Book." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on title page of print version. |
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Subject: | Breast Breast Neoplasms Breast -- Diseases -- Popular works Breast -- Cancer -- Popular works |
Genre: | Popular Works. Electronic books. |