Positive results
Subtitle: making the best decisions when you're at high risk for breast or ovarian cancer
By: By Joi L. Morris and Ora Karp Gordon.
Contributors: Gordon, Ora Karp, 1966-
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amherst, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781591027768
Subjects: Breast -- Cancer -- Risk factors; Breast -- Cancer -- Genetic aspects; Ovaries -- Cancer -- Risk factors; Ovaries -- Cancer -- Genetic aspects; BRCA genes
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Assessing breast and ovarian cancer risk through genetic testing; title: Genetics 101; title: Genetic counseling and genetic testing: do I really want to know?; title: Beyond the basics: issues relating to children; title: Understanding increased cancer risk; title: Understanding hereditary cancer risk; title: Modifying risk; title: Beyond BRCA: other genomic assessments of breast cancer risk; title: BRCA-positive men; title: Making decisions; title: Choosing surveillance; title: Choosing mastectomy; title: Choosing breast reconstruction; title: Managing ovarian cancer risk; title: Managing menopause; title: Tips, tricks, and some words of caution; title: Taking action on the big decision.