Breast cancer sourcebook [[electronic resource] ] : basic consumer health information about breast health and breast cancer ... / / edited by Karen Bellenir
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Breast cancer sourcebook [[electronic resource] ] : basic consumer health information about breast health and breast cancer ... / / edited by Karen Bellenir
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| Pubblicazione: | Detroit, MI, : Omnigraphics, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 3rd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (627 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.99/449 |
| Soggetto topico: | Breast - Cancer |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
BellenirKaren
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Part One - Breast Health""; ""Chapter 1 - Anatomy of the Breast""; ""Chapter 2 - Breast Self-Examination""; ""Chapter 3 - Understanding Breast Changes""; ""Chapter 4 - What Are Benign Breast Conditions?""; ""Chapter 5 - Breast Lumps: What You Should Know""; ""Part Two - Breast Cancer Fundamentals""; ""Chapter 6 - What You Need to Know about Breast Cancer""; ""Chapter 7 - Inflammatory Breast Cancer""; ""Chapter 8 - Paget Disease of the Nipple""; ""Chapter 9 - Male Breast Cancer""; ""Chapter 10 - Breast Cancer Statistics"" |
| ""Chapter 11 - Breast Cancer in Minority Populations""""11.1 - Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality by Race and Ethnicity""; ""11.2 - Breast Cancer Health Disparities: Questions and Answers""; ""11.3 - Estimating Breast Cancer Risk in African Americans""; ""11.4 - Younger Black Women Develop a More Lethal Type of Breast Cancer""; ""11.5 - Hispanic Breast Cancer Differences Persist with Equal Access to Care""; ""11.6 - Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Disproportionately Affects African American and Hispanic Women""; ""Chapter 12 - Pregnancy and Breastfeeding May Influence Breast Cancer Risk"" | |
| ""Chapter 13 - Medications and Breast Cancer Risk""""13.1 - Antibiotics and Breast Cancer Risk""; ""13.2 - Oral Contraceptives and Breast Cancer Risk""; ""13.3 - Decrease in Breast Cancer Rates Related to Reduction in Use of Hormone Replacement Therapy""; ""13.4 - Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer Relapse""; ""13.5 - Cancer Risk Persists after Ending Hormone Therapy""; ""Chapter 14 - Environmental Factors and Breast Cancer Risk""; ""Chapter 15 - Genes and Breast Cancer Risk""; ""15.1 - Genes Related to Breast Cancer"" | |
| ""15.2 - Small Variations in Estrogen-Receptor Genes Can Determine Risk of Developing Breast Cancer""""15.3 - CHEK2 Gene Carries Risk of Breast Cancer""; ""15.4 - Genetic Testing for Cancer Risk""; ""Chapter 16 - Can Breast Cancer Be Prevented?""; ""Chapter 17 - Preventive Mastectomy: Questions, Answers, and Concerns""; ""Part Three - Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis""; ""Chapter 18 - Screening for Breast Cancer""; ""Chapter 19 - Understanding Mammography""; ""19.1 - What You Should Know about Screening and Diagnostic Mammograms""; ""19.2 - Digital vs. Film Mammography"" | |
| ""19.3 - Computer-Aided Detection Reduces Accuracy of Mammograms""""19.4 - Annual Mammography Reduces Mortality in Older Breast Cancer Survivors""; ""19.5 - Recent Drop in Mammography Rates Causes Concern""; ""19.6 Breast Implant Adverse Events during Mammography""; ""Chapter 20 - Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to Detect Breast Cancer""; ""Chapter 21 - Evaluating a Breast Lump""; ""Chapter 22 - Breast Biopsies""; ""Chapter 23 - Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy""; ""Chapter 24 - Questions and Answers about Your Pathology Report""; ""Chapter 25 - Hormone Receptor Status Testing"" | |
| ""Chapter 26 - Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (HER2/neu) Testing"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "Provides basic consumer health information on risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer, along with facts about coping after treatment. Includes index, glossary of related terms and directory of resources"--Provided by publisher. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Breast cancer sourcebook |
| ISBN: | 1-282-26344-7 |
| 9786612263446 | |
| 0-7808-1099-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455261803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Health reference series (Unnumbered)