The Royal Society of Medicine - Your Guide to Breast Cancer (RSM) - Softcover

Lewis, Jacqueline

Softcover

ISBN 10: 034090500X ISBN 13: 9780340905005

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2005

Synopsis

The Royal Society of Medicine - Your Guide to Breast Cancer is the patient's ultimate source of essential and invaluable information. Providing all the necessary facts, guidance and support, this book will enable the reader to make informed choices and regain control of their life.

Written by a leading breast and oncological surgeon, one of the only female consultants in the UK, this book covers everything you will need to know about breast cancer from breast screening and diagnosis to treatment and how to deal with the illness in everyday life. This book gives you advice on all the options available and will inform, reassure and support you, when you need it the most.

The clear, straightforward design of the book together with original features such as myth/fact boxes, key terms, question and answer sections and a chapter on who the patient/carer might meet in the NHS and their role in the treatment of the illness will prepare the reader for all that may lie ahead.

About this title

About the Author

Jacqueline Lewis is one of the only female plastic and oncologic breast surgeons in the UK and is currently consultant surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital, London. She also teaches undergraduates and postgraduates and maintains an active interest in clinical research for breast cancer. Jacqueline has published papers on oncoplastic breast surgery and plastic surgery in peer reviewed journals and presented her work at national and international meetings.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 034090500X
• ISBN 13: 9780340905005
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192