QuickFACTS Breast Cancer What You Need to Know NOW 1st Edition by American Cancer Society ISBN 978-1604430318 1604430311

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ISBN 10:  1604430311

ISBN 13: 978-1604430318

Author:  American Cancer Society

Covering everything from breast cancer risk factors to living well after treatment, this pocket-sized reference provides critical questions to ask a health-care team; presents the latest guidelines for diagnosis, staging, and treatment; and details what to expect after treatment. This comprehensive yet concise guide is the fastest way to get evidence based content on the disease and includes an advanced dictionary of breast cancer-related terms. It educates and empowers both patients and their caregivers to combat breast cancer from the start.

Table of contents: 

1. Your Breast Cancer
2. What Is Cancer?..
3. What Is Breast Cancer?.
4. The Normal Breast.
5. Benign Breast Lumps.
6. General Breast Cancer Terms
7. Types of Breast Cancer
8. What Are the Key Statistics About Breast Cancer?
9. What Are the Risk Factors for Breast Cancer?
10. Risk Factors You Cannot Change
11. Lifestyle-Related Factors and Breast Cancer Risk.
12. Factors with Uncertain, Controversial, or Unproven Effects on Breast Cancer Risk.
13. Do We Know What Causes Breast Cancer?.
14. Inherited Gene Mutations.
15. Acquired Gene Mutations.
16. Prevention and Detection
17. Can Breast Cancer Be Prevented?
18. Lowering Your Risk..
19. Finding Breast Cancer Early
20. For Women Who Are or May Be at Increased Risk.
21. Can Breast Cancer Be Found Early?
22. American Cancer Society Recommendations for Early Breast Cancer Detection
23. Mammograms
24. Clinical Breast Examination.
25. Breast Awareness and Self-examination
26. .
27. Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
28. Diagnosis and Staging
29. How Is Breast Cancer Diagnosed?.
30. Signs and Symptoms of Breast Cancer.
31. Medical History and Physical Examination
32. Imaging Tests Used to Evaluate Breast Disease
33. Other Tests
34. Biopsy.
35. Laboratory Examination of Breast Cancer Tissue.
36. How Is Breast Cancer Staged?…
37. Imaging Tests for Detecting Metastasis
38. in Breast Cancer.
39. The American Joint Committee on
40. Cancer TNM System
41. Breast Cancer Stage Grouping
42. Breast Cancer Survival Rates by Stage
43. Treatment
44. How Is Breast Cancer Treated?
45. Your Cancer Care Team..
46. General Types of Treatment
47. Surgery for Breast Cancer
48. Radiation Therapy.
49. Chemotherapy.
50. Hormone Therapy
51. Targeted Therapy.
52. Bisphosphonates
53. High-dose Chemotherapy with Stem Cell Transplant
54. Clinical Trials.
55. Complementary and Alternative Treatments
56. Treatment of Breast Cancer According to Stage
57. Treatment of Noninvasive (Stage 0)
58. Breast Cancer.
59. Treatment of Invasive Breast Cancer by Stage
60. Treatment of Breast Cancer During Pregnancy
61. More Treatment Information
62. Breast Reconstruction
63. Immediate or Delayed Breast Reconstruction
64. Types of Breast Reconstruction
65. Nipple and Areola Reconstruction.
66. Choosing Your Plastic Surgeon
67. Before Surgery
68. Possible Risks.
69. After Breast Reconstruction Surgery
70. Questions to Ask
71. What Should You Ask Your Doctor About Breast Cancer?..
72. After Treatment
73. What Happens After Treatment for Breast Cancer?
74. Follow-up Care.
75. Lymphedema
76. Quality of Life.
77. Emotional Aspects of Breast Cancer
78. Body Image.
79. Sexuality
80. Pregnancy After Breast Cancer.
81. Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy After
82. Breast Cancer.
83. Seeing a New Doctor.
84. Lifestyle Changes to Consider During and
85. After Treatment
86. What Happens If Treatment Is No
87. Longer Working?..
88. Latest Research
89. What’s New in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment?
90. Causes of Breast Cancer.
91. Chemoprevention
92. New Laboratory Tests
93. Newer Imaging Tests.
94. Treatment.
95. Resources
96. More Information from Your American Cancer Society..
97. National Organizations and Web Sites
98. References.
99. Glossary
100. Index

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