The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer
How to Feel Empowered and Take Control
Published on 3. October 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-78504-541-7 (ISBN)
Description
NEW UPDATED EDITION
The book you can trust to support you at every stage of your treatment - and beyond
The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer combines the authors' experiences as patients and as doctors to provide a trusted and thorough source of information for you and your family. Designed to empower you during your breast cancer treatment, it covers:
-Simple explanations of breast cancer treatments
-Staying healthy during and after treatment
-Coping with the emotional burden
-Advice about sex and relationships
-Dealing with the fear of recurrence
-Living with secondary breast cancer
-A new chapter on disability and breast cancer
Filled with all the things the authors wished they'd known when they were diagnosed, and tips on how to cope with surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and beyond, this is the essential book to guide you through your breast cancer diagnosis.
'A much needed guide which is both humane and based on robust evidence.' - Macmillan Cancer Support
The book you can trust to support you at every stage of your treatment - and beyond
The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer combines the authors' experiences as patients and as doctors to provide a trusted and thorough source of information for you and your family. Designed to empower you during your breast cancer treatment, it covers:
-Simple explanations of breast cancer treatments
-Staying healthy during and after treatment
-Coping with the emotional burden
-Advice about sex and relationships
-Dealing with the fear of recurrence
-Living with secondary breast cancer
-A new chapter on disability and breast cancer
Filled with all the things the authors wished they'd known when they were diagnosed, and tips on how to cope with surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and beyond, this is the essential book to guide you through your breast cancer diagnosis.
'A much needed guide which is both humane and based on robust evidence.' - Macmillan Cancer Support
Reviews / Votes
A compendium of amazing answers to all the questions you'd want to ask. * Jon Snow, Channel 4 News * A comprehensive breast cancer resource -- Breast Cancer Now A must-read for anyone with breast cancer -- Amy DowdenMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Ebury Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
392 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78504-541-7 (9781785045417)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Trisha Greenhalgh | Liz O'Riordan
The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer
How to Feel Empowered and Take Control
E-Book
09/2018
1st Edition
Ebury Digital
€14.99
Available for download
Persons
Trisha Greenhalgh (Author)
Professor Trisha Greenhalgh is a retired GP and an internationally recognised academic who works as a professor at the University of Oxford. She has appeared on Woman's Hour and The Today Programme and is the author of over 400 academic papers and 15 textbooks, including the bestselling book How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine.
Liz O'Riordan (Author)
Liz O'Riordan is a retired breast surgeon, known for her work in breast cancer awareness by openly discussing her personal experiences in being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer. She has written articles for the Huffington Post, Macmillan, The Pool and Grazia. Her TEDx talk is called 'Jar of Joy'.
Professor Trisha Greenhalgh is a retired GP and an internationally recognised academic who works as a professor at the University of Oxford. She has appeared on Woman's Hour and The Today Programme and is the author of over 400 academic papers and 15 textbooks, including the bestselling book How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine.
Liz O'Riordan (Author)
Liz O'Riordan is a retired breast surgeon, known for her work in breast cancer awareness by openly discussing her personal experiences in being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer. She has written articles for the Huffington Post, Macmillan, The Pool and Grazia. Her TEDx talk is called 'Jar of Joy'.