Previvors Facing the Breast Cancer Gene and Making Life-Changing Decisions

Name: Previvors Facing the Breast Cancer Gene and Making Life-Changing Decisions
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ISBN: 9781583334058

ISBN-10: 158333405X

ISBN-13: 9781583334058

Edition: 2010

Authors: Dina Roth Port

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The first guide to all surgical and nonsurgical options for women with a high risk for breast cancer. Advances in genetic testing and risk assessment have changed the face of medicine, but with them has come a Pandora's box of dilemmas. Imagine discovering you had a significant risk for developing breast cancer. What would you do? Through the incredible true stories of five young friends, as well as interviews with more than seventy top breast cancer experts, health writer Dina Roth Port addresses the universal questions of women everywhere who have watched family members suffer from the disease and wondered, "Am I next?" Full of practical information, Previvorsis the first comprehensive…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/5/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Foreword



previvors



living in fear



what's my risk?



to test or not to test



weighing the options: nonsurgical



weighing the options: surgical



money matters



a controversial decision



defusing the time bomb: a step-by-step guide to prophylactic surgery



love, sex, and babies



breast obsession and body image



the hidden killer in men



a mother's legacy



a promising future


Afterword


Acknowledgments


Notes


Resources


Index