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Breast cancer / Christobel M. Saunders AO, Sunil Jassal, Elgene Lim.

by Saunders, Christobel.

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Oxford University Press, 2018.

616.99449 S257b

Breast -- Cancer.

Facts (Oxford, England)

9780198813040 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

The facts : Breast cancer

viii, 144 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.

Previous edition: 2009.

Includes index.

1.Who is at risk of breast cancer, when, and what you can do about it -- 2.Healthy breasts -- 3.How a breast problem is investigated -- 4.What is breast cancer? -- 5.Treating breast cancer -- 6.Surgical treatments -- 7.Radiotherapy -- 8.Drug (systemic) therapy for early breast cancer -- 9.Treating special types of breast cancer -- 10.Surviving and thriving -- 11.Follow-up -- 12.Advanced (metastatic) and recurrent cancer -- 13.For the partners, family, friends, and colleagues affected by breast cancer -- 14.Special situations -- 15.The future -- what tests and treatments may be around the corner.

Concise and accessible, Breast Cancer: The Facts guides the newly-diagnosed breast cancer patient through what they can expect to encounter on their journey. Updated to include new treatment options, and more information for the patient's family and friends, this is an essential yet approachable guide.

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