100 Questions and Answers About Breast Cancer (100 Questions & Answers about) - Softcover

Zora K. Brown

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763760072 ISBN 13: 9780763760076

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2009

Synopsis

Whether you're a newly diagnosed breast cancer patient, a survivor, or a friend or relative of either, this book offers help. The only text to provide both the patient s and doctor s views, this completely updated third edition of this best-selling book gives you up-to-date, authoritative, practical answers to your questions about breast cancer, including risk factors and prevention, diagnosis and treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, sources of support, and much more. Now including an entire new section on the impact of cancer on sexuality, intimacy and fertility, 100 Questions & Answers About Breast Cancer, Third Edition is written by a prominent breast cancer advocate and survivor and by a cancer surgeon.The book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this frightening disease.

About this title

About the Authors

Zora Brown is Special Assistant to the President's Office for Health and Minority Initiatives at Integris Health, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ms. Brown is founder and chairperson of Cancer Awareness Program Services (CAPS) and the Breast Cancer Resource Committee (BCRC) and founder of Rise, Sister, Rise, a breast cancer support group model for African American women. In 1996, she organized Men in Action Against Breast Cancer, a support arm of the Breast Cancer Resource Committee. In 2002 Ms. Brown, along with her nieces, founded SASSi™ (Sisters Accessing Skills for Survival and Intervention). Ms. Brown is an outspoken advocate for minority and women's health issues; presenting at both national and international forums. She appears regularly on the networks and CNN and other media as an expert on women's health.

Karl K. Boatman, M.D. is the clinical program director for the INTEGRIS Health Comprehensive Breast Center in Oklahoma City, OK.' He has devoted his entire professional career to the study and treatment of cancer.' He is a member of the American Medical Association, American College of Surgeons, Society of Surgical Oncology, American Society of Breast Surgeons, American Cancer Society, and the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project.' He has received numerous awards and honors and has published extensively.'

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763760072
• ISBN 13: 9780763760076
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 259