Understanding Breast Cancer
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: March 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780786410040
Subjects: Women's health; Social Science; Consumer Health; Sociology; Diseases - Breast Cancer; General; Women's Studies - General; Breast; Cancer; Popular works
Description: "Breast cancer is the number one cause of cancer deaths in American women aged 35-54. Every day, thousands of women are diagnosed with the disease." "A diagnosis of breast cancer raise many questions. How does the cancer begin? How does it spread? Does anyone really know what causes it? What are the possible treatments, and how well are they likely to work?" "Here is a book that provides the latest information, addressing these questions in terms a layperson can understand and put to use."--Jacket.