Breast cancer basics and beyond
Subtitle: treatments, resources, self-help, good news, updates
By: Delthia Ricks
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hunter House
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Alameda CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9780897934541
Subjects: Breast Neoplasms; Popular Works; Breast; Cancer; Popular works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Reasons for This Book; title: Quotes and Anecdotes; title: Diagnosis; title: Noticing a Lump or Other Symptom; title: Arriving at a Diagnosis; title: What Cancer Specialists Think about Mammography; title: Mammogram Findings; title: Getting the Best Possible Mammogram; title: Mammography and Younger Women; title: Some Cancers Are Not Easily X-Rayed; title: Additional Imaging Choices; title: The Activist's View of Mammography; title: Delays in Being Tested; title: Persistence when Faced with a Long Delay; title: Understanding the Biopsy; title: Types of Biopsies; title: Getting the News; title: Making Sense of It All; title: A Postdiagnosis Checklist; title: A Brief Checklist of What to Do Now; title: Don't Be Afraid of the "C" Word; title: What if You're Alone?; title: Seeking Support while Telling the World; title: Choosing Your Health-Care Team; title: Can I "Shop" for a Doctor?; title: Having Trouble Assembling a Medical Team?; title: Which Doctor Will I See First?; title: What Can I Expect at a Cancer Center?; title: What Is a Comprehensive Cancer Center?; title: Health Insurance and the High Cost of Medical Care; title: COBRA; title: Disability Insurance; title: For Those Who Lack Adequate Insurance; title: Drug Discounts for Middle-Income Patients; title: The Canadian Connection; title: A Good Book and a Hot Cup of Joe (or Tea); title: More Info on Info; title: Facts, Fiction, and Urban Legends; title: Myths and Misconceptions; title: Fiction Versus Fact; title: Tapping the Roots of Urban Legends; title: Single-Food Saviors? A Look at Broccoli; title: What about Soy?; title: Antibiotics and Breast Cancer; title: Earwax Consistency and Breast Cancer Risk; title: Power Lines and Electromagnetic Energy; title: Cancer Clusters: Common or Rare?; title: Types of Breast Cancer; title: When You First Receive Your Pathology Report; title: Physiology of the Healthy Breast; title: Immortal Cells; title: Types of Breast Cancer (and Related Breast Abnormalities); title: Rare Forms of Breast Cancer; title: Understanding the Pathology Report; title: A Lesson on Tumor "Staging"; title: The Importance of Pathology; title: Second Opinions on Pathology Specimens; title: Conferring with a Consultant; title: An Activist Comments on Second Opinions; title: A Primer on Risks, Part I: Age, Genes, and Ethnicity; title: Understanding Risk; title: Breast Cancer and Genetics; title: The Link Between Estrogen and Breast Cancer; title: BRCA1 and BRCA2; title: Cancer in the Family: Survivors Speak; title: Additional Mutations; title: Should You Seek Genetic Counseling?; title: Genetic Screening: Pros and Cons; title: Survivors Discuss Genetic Screening; title: Ethnicity and Breast Cancer; title: What Do Advocates Say?; title: Another Look at Hormones and Risk; title: Estrogen, Aging, and Breast Cancer Risk; title: A Primer on Risks, Part II: Obesity, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Other Exposures; title: The Role of Obesity in Breast Cancer; title: What Do Activists Say?; title: Which Is the Real Risk Factor: Body Weight or Seeing a Doctor Too Late?; title: Psychological Issues and Obesity; title: What Do Patients Say?; title: Why Has Weight Become a Breast Cancer Issue?; title: Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT); title: A Patient and a Physician Ponder HRT; title: Lifestyle Issues and Breast Cancer Risk; title: Does Alcohol Consumption Raise the Risk of Breast Cancer?; title: Foods and Breast Cancer Risk; title: Surgery; title: Which Operation Is Best for You?; title: Breast-Conserving Surgery; title: Mastectomy; title: Talking to Your Surgeon; title: Your Hospital Stay; title: Postsurgical Pain; title: Reconstructive Surgery and Prosthetics; title: Radiation Therapy: Medicine's High-Energy Treatment; title: Recalling the Radiation Therapy Experience; title: How Does Radiation Affect Cancer Cells?; title: Why Not Radiation Instead of Surgery?; title: How Radiation Limits Recurrences; title: Facing Radiation Therapy with Uncertainty; title: Radiation Following Lumpectomy; title: Radiation Following Mastectomy; title: A Doctor with an Activist's Point of View; title: Facts about External Beam Therapy; title: Internal Forms of Radiation; title: Preparing for Radiation Therapy; title: Signing the Consent for Radiotherapy; title: The Therapy-Planning Session; title: Plotting the Path; title: Undergoing Treatment; title: The Do's and Don'ts of Treatment; title: Committing to the Schedule; title: Bringing Along a Companion; title: Getting a Boost; title: Locating More Information on Radiation Therapy; title: Chemotherapy; title: Chemo and You; title: Summarizing the Experience; title: Adjuvant Chemo Improves Prognosis; title: When Should Adjuvant Chemo Start?; title: Debating the Pros and Cons of Chemo; title: What Doctors Think about Adjuvant Therapy; title: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy; title: "Chemo Brain"; title: What Kinds of Drugs Are Used in Chemotherapy?; title: Combination Chemotherapy; title: Preparing for Chemotherapy: The Workup; title: The Treatment; title: A Patient's Diary; title: Common Side Effects and Ways to Cope; title: Combating Side Effects with Medication or Meditation; title: Additional Tests; title: More on Chemo from the Patient's Perspective; title: Activists Want More Treatment Options; title: Investigating New Approaches: Clinical Trials; title: Looking at an Old Drug in a New Way; title: Furthering Your Research on Adjuvant Chemotherapy; title: Hormone Therapy: Counteracting Estrogen; title: Estrogen's "Big" and "Little" Faucets; title: A Primer on Hormone Receptors; title: A Basic Guide to Hormone Therapy; title: Tamoxifen; title: Raloxifene: The First "Designer" Antiestrogen; title: Aromatase Inhibitors; title: Recurrence: If Breast Cancer Comes Back; title: Understanding Recurrences; title: An Activist Who Has Been There; title: Becoming a Patient Again; title: A Doctor Makes a Clarification; title: Selecting an Oncologist and Surgeon; title: The Poem That Inspired Rachel; title: A Final Word: Life Beyond the Odyssey; title: Your Sexuality; title: Additional Notes on Sexuality after Breast Cancer; title: Painting Life with a Broad Brush; title: Mind/Body Medicine; title: Moving Back into Routines; title: Never Shying Away; title: Researching Breast Cancer and Finding Support via the Web.