BREAST CANCER: ANSWERS YOUR FINGERTIPSDG : Answers at Your Fingertips

This book contains medically accurate information about the signs and symptoms of breast cancer. The book offers: guidance on the various forms of treatment and care, including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy; information about complementary therapies; practical advice about managing life with and after cancer - diet, exercise, work and finances; and, answers to questions about relationships, family and where to turn for help. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Foreword by Diana Moran......Page 10 Foreword by Professor Ian Smith......Page 12 Acknowledgements......Page 13 Introduction......Page 14 BREAST CANCER......Page 16 BREAST AWARENESS......Page 34 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS......Page 35 SCREENING......Page 37 SCANS AND TESTS......Page 41 3: Treatment and care......Page 47 SURGERY......Page 51 CHEMOTHERAPY......Page 60 RADIOTHERAPY......Page 72 HORMONE (ENDOCRINE) THERAPY......Page 79 TARGETED THERAPY......Page 82 CLINICAL TRIALS......Page 83 MAKING CHOICES......Page 86 4: Complementary therapies......Page 88 ACUPUNCTURE......Page 96 ART THERAPY......Page 98 COUNSELLING......Page 99 DIETS......Page 102 HEALING......Page 105 HERBAL MEDICINE......Page 106 HOMEOPATHY......Page 107 HYPNOTHERAPY......Page 109 MASSAGE......Page 110 MEDITATION......Page 114 RELAXATION......Page 116 TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 117 VISUALISATION......Page 118 YOGA......Page 119 5: Immediately after treatment......Page 121 TREATMENT......Page 122 RECURRENCE......Page 124 DEALING WITH CHANGE......Page 125 PRACTICAL MATTERS......Page 127 MAKING CONTACTS......Page 134 6: Life with and after breast cancer......Page 137 TALKING ABOUT BREAST CANCER......Page 138 DIET......Page 144 SMOKING......Page 146 EXERCISE......Page 148 HOLIDAYS......Page 149 SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS......Page 151 CONTRACEPTION AND FERTILITY......Page 157 EMPLOYMENT......Page 158 FINANCE......Page 160 7: The future......Page 163 LIVING WITH RECURRENCE......Page 169 Glossary......Page 173 WEBSITES......Page 180 ORGANISATIONS......Page 181 Index......Page 199 If you suspect that you may have breast cancer you will experience a mixture of emotions: fear and worry, anger and confusion. If you have been diagnosed, you will inevitably think, “Why me?”. As the news sinks in and you come to deal with the cancer, further questions will arise. This book provides comprehensive and reassuring answers to over 350 questions asked by real people about all aspects of breast cancer. It covers the things that you may have forgotten to ask your doctor and will help you to understand and come to terms with a disease that will be unique to you. -Medically accurate information about the signs and symptoms of breast cancer -Guidance on the various forms of treatment and care, including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy -Information about complementary therapies -Practical advice about managing life with and after cancer – diet, exercise, work, finances -Answers to questions about relationships, family and where to turn for help Straightforward, positive and practical answers to all your questions about breast cancer. The book tackles the questions you may feel uneasy asking your doctor Provides practical answers to questions about breast cancer. This title also provides details of organisations offering information and support.