Book DescriptionOne in eight American women will learn that she has breast cancer. While survival rates are improving, the diagnosis still wreaks havoc on their lives and families. A complex illness, breast cancer affects all aspects of a woman"s life: her physical health and future well-being, her primary relationships, her children, her self-esteem, her sexuality.
This informative book serves to enlighten and empower women who have breast cancer, while providing valuable information and insight forthose who love them. The book"s topics include:
- Finding out you have breast cancer
- How to get help and find information
- Working with your doctor
- The emotional aspects of the disease
- Treatment options: surgery, chemotherapy, radiation
- Physical side effects of treatment
- Nurturing yourself and your relationships
- Follow-up care
- What to expect after treatment ends
- Recurrence
Written with honesty and compassion, this book offers women and those who love them a blueprint for taking a proactive part in their treatment and healing. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Breast Cancer: The Facts You Need to Know about Diagnosis, Treatment and Beyond (Pat Kelly)