100 questions & answers about breast cancer by Brown, Zora K, Freeman, Harold P, Platt, Elizabeth instant download

100 questions & answers about breast cancer by Brown, Zora K, Freeman, Harold P, Platt, Elizabeth instant download

Previous edition: published as by Zora K. Brown, LaSalle D. Lefall Jr., with Elizabeth Platt. Boston, Mass.; London: Jones & Bartlett, 2002, Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-248) and index, The basics -- Background information about breast cancer -- Risk factors and prevention -- Risk factors and ways of minimizing breast cancer risk -- Diagnosis -- Steps in determining whether you have breast cancer -- Treatment -- Treatment options, treatment side effects and complications, options for breast reconstruction, and prospects of recurrence -- Coping with treatment and side effects -- Issues related to pain, hair loss, and other side effects, and practical matters such as financial and legal issues related to treatment -- Changes cancer brings -- Ways to cope with emotional and physical changes that occur after cancer diagnosis and treatment -- The impact of cancer on sexualtiy, intimacy, and fertility -- The effects that breast cancer can have, and how to deal with these issues, on a woman's sexuality and fertility, Written for the patient to empower her to learn more about options, deal with problems, and fight more effectively