Fast Facts: Breast Cancer , third edition (Fast Facts)

by Dee Mc Lean (Illustrator), UK (Illustrator), Michael Baum (Author), London UK (Illustrator), Withernsea (Illustrator), Annamaria Dutto (Illustrator), HarveySchipper (Author)

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  Paperback
  2005

  $8.83

  Breast cancer management is now moving outside cancer centers, and generalists are assuming more responsibility for the care of patients with the disease. Fast Facts - Breast Cancer will provide clinicians and nurse specialists with rapid access to information that will make their difficult and delicate task easier. This extensively revised and expanded edition, written by two world authorities on breast cancer, includes a practical summary of breast cancer genetics and a new chapter on the controversial HRT debate. The recently announced findings of major clinical trials are also discussed, and practical advice is given on risk education, diagnosis and treatment of primary cancer, rehabilitation and the care of patients with advanced disease. In addition to providing concise tables and explicit direction, the authors establish the context, so that busy professionals can not only understand the basis of the advice, but also interpret new data and treatments as they emerge.

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  Paperback
  1988

  $14.73

  This book provides a discussion of breast cancer, with information on most aspects of the disease, encompassing the progress made in this area of medicine during the seven years since the publication of the first edition. There are four main areas of development in recent years which are incorporated in this edition: indications that screening for breast cancer reduces the number of deaths; a new choice of treatment between mastectomy and conservation of the breast; the combination of chemotherapy or endocrine therapy with local treatment; and a recognition of how the cancer cell differs from the normal one. Topics covered include risk factors and prevention, the structure of the breast, benign and malignant changes and their symptoms, screening and self-examination, diagnosis, the course of the disease, surgery, complementary therapy, psychological aspects, advanced disease and prospects for the future.