Authors: Susan Love, Karen Lindsey, Marcia Williams (Illustrator), Marcia Williams (Illustrator), Karen Lindsey
ISBN-13: 9780738209739, ISBN-10: 0738209732
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: September 2005
Edition: Revised
Susan M. Love, M.D., MBA, lives in Pacific Palisades, California. She is a member of the faculty of UCLA School of Medicine and Director of the Santa Barbara Breast Cancer Institute. A trusted authority on women's health, she was appointed by President Clinton to the National Cancer Advisory Board and is a Board Member of the National Breast Cancer Coalition.
Now in a completely updated new edition-the most trusted, most authoritative guide to breast cancer diagnosis and treatment
The information is accurate, complete, current, informative, and highly readable to the layperson as well as the professional caregiver.
Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction to Second Edition | ||
Introduction | ||
1 | The Breast and Its Development | 3 |
2 | Getting Acquainted with Your Breasts | 19 |
3 | Breast Feeding | 26 |
4 | Variations in Development | 43 |
5 | Plastic Surgery | 50 |
6 | The Myth of Fibrocystic Disease | 73 |
7 | Breast Pain | 85 |
8 | Breast Infections and Nipple Problems | 94 |
9 | Lumps and Lumpiness | 108 |
10 | Diagnostic Mammography | 123 |
11 | Other Imaging Techniques | 137 |
12 | Biopsy | 144 |
13 | Genes and Environment | 165 |
14 | Risk Factors: Genetic and Hormonal | 176 |
15 | Risk Factors: External | 195 |
16 | Precancerous Conditions | 219 |
17 | Prevention | 235 |
18 | Screening | 249 |
19 | Understanding Breast Cancer | 263 |
20 | Diagnosis and Types of Breast Cancer | 273 |
21 | Staging: How We Guess If Your Cancer Has Spread | 284 |
22 | Fears and Feelings | 295 |
23 | Treatment Options: An Overview | 311 |
24 | Special Cases | 339 |
25 | Surgery | 357 |
26 | Prosthesis and Reconstruction | 384 |
27 | Radiation Therapy | 402 |
28 | Systemic Treatments | 416 |
29 | Complementary and Alternative Treatments | 435 |
30 | Life After Breast Cancer | 453 |
31 | When Cancer Comes Back | 468 |
32 | Metastatic Disease: Treatments | 486 |
33 | Clinical Trials | 502 |
34 | The Politics of Breast Cancer | 515 |
App. A Drugs Used for Systemic Treatment of Breast Cancer | 529 | |
App. B Resources, References, and Additional Reading | 532 | |
App. C Regional Support Organizations for Cancer and Breast Cancer Patients | 556 | |
App. D Comprehensive Cancer Centers | 570 | |
App. E Chartered Divisions of the American Cancer Society | 577 | |
App. F The Wellness Community Physician/Patient Statement | 581 | |
Notes | 583 | |
Glossary | 603 | |
Index | 611 | |
About the Authors | 628 |