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- Health Reference Series (Unnumbered)
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edited by Sandra J. JuddPublication Details
Book2nd edOmnigraphics2004Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS REFERENCE (MAIN) RC280.B8 B6887 2004 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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- "Breast Cancer Sourcebook, Second Edition provides basic consumer health information about breast cancer, including risk factors, methods of prevention, screening and diagnostic methods, treatment options, complementary and alternative therapies, post-treatment concerns, clinical trials, special risk populations, and new developments in breast cancer research. Statistical data, a glossary, and a directory of resources for additional help and information are also included."–BOOK JACKET
Contents
- Ch. 1. Breast anatomy and physiology
- Ch. 2. Breast lumps and other changes
- Ch. 3. Fibrocystic breasts
- Ch. 4. How to do a breast self-examination
- Ch. 5. The biology of breast cancer
- Ch. 6. Types and staging of breast cancer
- Ch. 7. Histologic grades of breast cancer : helping determine a patient’s outcome
- Ch. 8. Inflammatory breast cancer
- Ch. 9. Paget’s disease of the breast : questions and answers
- Ch. 10. Breast cancer facts and figures
- Ch. 11. Lifetime probability of breast cancer in American women
- Ch. 12. Young women and breast cancer
- Ch. 13. Breast cancer in women from different racial and ethnic groups
- Ch. 14. Questions and answers about estimating cancer risk in Ashkenazi Jews
- Ch. 15. Breast cancer and pregnancy
- Ch. 16. Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in the elderly
- Ch. 17. Male breast cancer
- Ch. 18. Risk factors for breast cancer
- Ch. 19. Family history, inheritance, and breast cancer risk
- Ch. 20. Hormone treatments and breast cancer risk
- Ch. 21. Breast cancer risk and other known health effects in women prescribed DES while pregnant
- Ch. 22. Dietary fat and breast cancer
- Ch. 23. Hormones in food and breast cancer risk
- Ch. 24. Smoking and breast cancer risk
- Ch. 25. Environmental chemicals and breast cancer risk
- Ch. 26. Study shows link between antibiotic use and increased risk of breast cancer
- Ch. 27. Alcohol and breast cancer in women
- Ch. 28. No link found between abortion, miscarriage, and breast cancer risk
- Ch. 29. Antiperspirant and deodorant use not found to be linked to breast cancer
- Ch. 30. Study finds no link between silicone breast implants and breast cancer risk
- Ch. 31. Genetic testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2 : it’s your choice
- Ch. 32. Breast feeding may reduce breast cancer risk
- Ch. 33. Physical activity can cut breast cancer risk
- Ch. 34. Phytoestrogens and breast cancer
- Ch. 35. Chemoprevention of breast cancer
- Ch. 36. The study of tamoxifen and raloxifene (STAR) : questions and answers
- Ch. 37. Breast cancer prevention studies
- Ch. 38. Prophylactic mastectomy
- Ch. 39. Guidelines for the early detection of breast cancer
- Ch. 40. Screening for breast cancer
- Ch. 41. What to expect during a clinical breast exam
- Ch. 42. Mammography
- Ch. 43. What mammograms show
- Ch. 44. Breast implant imaging
- Ch. 45. The effects of age, breast density, and hormone therapy on the accuracy of screening mammograms
- Ch. 46. Digital mammography
- Ch. 47. Improving methods for breast cancer detection
- Ch. 48. Diagnostic mammography
- Ch. 49. The diagnostic biopsy
- Ch. 50. Sentinal lymph node biopsy : what breast cancer patients need to know
- Ch. 51. A guide to your pathology report - - Ch. 52. Breast cancer treatment
- Ch. 53. Mastectomy vs. lumpectomy : issues to consider
- Ch. 54. Chemotherapy for breast cancer
- Ch. 55. High-dose chemotherapy
- Ch. 56. Dose-dense chemotherapy
- Ch. 57. Radiation therapy for the treatment of breast cancer
- Ch. 58. Adjuvant therapy for breast cancer : questions and answers
- Ch. 59. Herceptin (trastuzumab) : questions and answers
- Ch. 60. New treatment significantly improves long-term outlook for breast cancer survivors
- Ch. 61. Complementary cancer therapies
- Ch. 62. Clinical trials : an overview
- Ch. 63. Clinical trials and insurance coverage : a resource guide
- Ch. 64. Breast cancer recurrence
- Ch. 65. Breast reconstruction
- Ch. 66. Lymphedema : a brief overview and steps to prevention
- Ch. 67. What breast cancer survivors need to know about osteoporosis
- Ch. 68. Questions and answers about sexuality for women with breast cancer
- Ch. 69. How to talk to your children, family, and friends about breast cancer
- Ch. 70. Glossary of breast cancer-related terms
- Ch. 71. Breast cancer resource directory
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- 0780806689
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