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Patient Pictures: Breast Cancer
By Mohammed RS Keshtgar and
Rob Stein
Published 2003
68 pages, 33 illustrations
ISBN 978-1-903734-28-5
$25.00 (Our delivery cost is a flat fee of $9.00 so the more you order the better!)
This book combines the expertise of a surgeon and an oncologist to present comprehensive information that will help women with breast cancer understand the disease and make informed decisions about their own treatment. The emotions and needs of patients are a priority for the authors. Thirty-three double-page spreads of straightforward text and clear illustrations cover all the questions women are likely to have. Each spread stands alone and can be used by a healthcare professional as an aid in explaining the disease or a procedure, and then photocopied and given to a patient to take home with her.
Contents
The female breast
Lymphatic drainage of the breast
What is breast cancer?
Causes of breast cancer
Diagnosis of breast cancer: symptoms and signs
Diagnosis of breast cancer: imaging
Diagnosis of breast cancer: biopsy
Your emotional reaction
Your breastcare team
Surgery for primary breast cancer
Surgical procedures for breast cancer
Breast-conserving surgery
Mastectomy
Surgery for non-palpable breast cancer
Axillary lymph-node dissection (ALND)
Axillary node sampling and sentinel node biopsy
Breast reconstruction
Reconstruction using an implant
Reconstruction with a combination of implant and tissue from the body
Reconstruction using only tissue from the body
Tumour pathology
DCIS
Spread of breast cancer
Drug treatment
Cancer growth factors and receptors
Hormonal treatment
Chemotherapy
Radiotherapy
Primary medical treatment
Advanced breast cancer
Clinical trials
After it’s all over
Exercises to improve mobility after surgery
The authors
Mohammed RS Keshtgar
BSc, MBBS, FRCS (Gen), PhDSenior Lecturer and Consultant Surgical Oncologist Department of Surgery, Royal Free and University College Medical School, UCL Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK
Rob Stein
MA, MB BChir, PhD, FRCP Senior Lecturer and Consultant Medical Oncologist Department of Oncology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, UCL Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK
