Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-130) and index.
Suspicions of metastatic breast cancer -- Ensuring you are in good hands -- selecting the oncology team to take care of you -- Decisions regarding surgery and radiation for treatment of metastatic disease -- Chemotherapy for treatment of metastatic disease -- Hormonal therapy -- Side effects of metastatic breast cancer and its treatment and how to control them -- Targeted therapy -- Clinical trials -- Complementary and alternative medicine -- Other common questions -- End of life, treatment, crossroads, making plans.
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The only text available to provide both the doctor's and patient's views, this book gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions. Written by Lillie Shockney, Administrative Director of the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center, Instructor in the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University s School of Medicine, and tireless breast cancer patient advocate, with commentary from actual patients, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone struggling with the medical, psychological, or emotional turmoil of this condition.
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One hundred questions and answers about advanced and metastatic breast cancer