Screen LibraryLiving with breast cancer : the step-by-step guide to minimizing side effects and maximizing quality of life /
"This guidebook helps people who are diagnosed with breast cancer understand what is happening to them while they cope physically and emotionally with cancer treatment"--
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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Johns Hopkins University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Baltimore, Maryland : |
| Publication Dates: | 2022. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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A Johns Hopkins Press health book
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| Summary: |
"This guidebook helps people who are diagnosed with breast cancer understand what is happening to them while they cope physically and emotionally with cancer treatment"-- |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781421444437 1421444437 9781421444420 1421444429 |
| Index Number: | RC280 |
| CLC: | R737.9-49 |
| Call Number: | R737.9-49/S556 |
| Contents: | How am I going to get through this? -- Setting the goals for treatment -- Local therapies in breast cancer -- How to prepare for systemic treatment -- Tests and scans in treatment -- How am I supposed to cope emotionally? -- How do I cope with changes in my body? -- Managing the side effects of hormonal therapy -- Controlling nausea -- Managing constipation and diarrhea -- Minimizing pain -- Should I worry about shortness of breath? -- What if I am gaining or losing weight? -- Clotting and bleeding issues -- Why am I so exhausted? When will I have energy again? -- Why do people keep asking whethere I am depressed or anxious? -- How does cancer affect my brain? -- They tell me the cancer is progressing -- Living and hoping with advanced cancer -- What about practical concerns? -- My doctor says cancer treatment is no longer effective -- My body feels like it's shutting down -- What is a good death. |