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Dr. Susan Love's breast book /

Discusses new developments in screening and diagnostic techniques, cancer treatment and research, genetics and diet, implants, hormone use, and many other topics.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Love, Susan M. (Author)
Group Author: Lindsey, Karen, 1944- (Illustrator); Williams, Marcia
Published: Perseus Pub.,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, Mass. :
Publication Dates: [2000]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Third edition, fully revised.
Subjects:
Breast > Diseases > Popular works.
Breast > Cancer > Popular works.
Breast.
Breast Neoplasms.
Sein > Maladies > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Sein > Cancer > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Sein.
Breast > Cancer.
Breast > Diseases.
Popular Work.
Popular works.
Summary: Discusses new developments in screening and diagnostic techniques, cancer treatment and research, genetics and diet, implants, hormone use, and many other topics.
Item Description: "A Merloyd Lawrence book."
Donation.
Carrier Form: xx, 700 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 648-674) and index.
ISBN: 9780738202358
0738202355
Index Number: RG491
CLC: R737.9
R655.8
Call Number: R655.8/L897/3rd ed.rev.
Contents: The healthy breast -- The breast and its development -- Getting acquainted with your breasts -- Plastic surgery -- Common problems of the breast -- Fibrocystic disease and breast pain -- Breast infections and nipple problems -- Lumps and lumpiness -- Diagnosis of breast problems -- Mammography -- Biopsy -- Prediction and prevention of cancer -- Understanding studies and clinical trials -- Risk factors -- Diagnosis of breast cancer -- Screening -- Staging -- Fears, feelings, and ways to cope -- Treating breast cancer -- Treatment options -- Surgery -- Radiation therapy -- Living with breast cancer -- Life after breast cancer -- Dealing with menopausal symptoms -- When cancer comes back -- The politics of breast cancer.

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