Surviving Triple Negative Breast Cancer:Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Surviving Triple Negative Breast Cancer:Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

与三阴乳腺癌的生死较量：希望、治疗方案与康复
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发货周期：预计5-7周发货

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Prijatel, Patricia; Scott-Conner, Carol

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Oxford University Press

出版时间

2012年11月29日

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9780195387629

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256

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235x156mm

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英文

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After her diagnosis of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), health journalist Patricia Prijatel did what any reporter would do: start investigating the disease, how it occurs, and how it’s treated. While she learned that important research was emerging, she found a noticeable lack of resources on the disease, which affects 70,000 women a year and differs from hormone-positive breast cancer in important ways, including prognosis and treatment options. In Surviving Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Prijatel delivers research-based information on the biology of TNBC; the role of genetics, family history, and race; how to navigate treatment options; and a plethora of strategies to reduce the risk of recurrence. Woven throughout the book are stories of women who have faced TNBC: mothers, wives, daughters, and sisters who went through a variety of medical treatments and then got on with life. Surviving Triple Negative Breast Cancer Book is a roadmap for women who want to be empowered th

Foreword: Carol Scott-Conner, MD, PhD; Chapter 1: The Sun Shines on My Bald Head; Educating Myself; How to Use this Book; The Language of TNBC; I Am, Literally, a Friend; Chapter 2: What is this Disease?; Sorting Out the Negatives and Positives; Recurrence and Metastases; Race and Triple Negative; The Age Factor; BRCA Mutations; Yeah, But; Additional Resources; Nuts and Bolts: Finding Dr. Right; Profile: A Doctor Faces Her Diagnosis; Chapter 3: Understanding Your Diagnosis; Testing, Testing; Breast Cancer Types: Where Hormone-Negative Fits In; Translating Your Pathology Report; Choosing a Doctor; Finding Authoritative Information; Nuts and Bolts: Get Organized: Keep Your Records Straight; Research Bite: Six TNBC Subtypes Discovered; Profile: A Double Survivor; Chapter 4: The Biology of Triple Negative; Risks, Correlations, and Exceptions; The Implications of a Weakened Immune System; Our Genetic Code; The Interplay of Hormones and Receptors; Inflammation and the Insulin Connection; Reproductive Factors; How and Why is Race a Factor?; Men and Breast Cancer; Nuts and Bolts: How to Use the Internet to Find Authoritative Information; Research Bites:; A Marker of Aggressive Disease; Inherited Genes; Genes and Basal-like Breast Cancer; Profile: A Photographer’s View of TNBC; Chapter 5: Treatment: Your Options; Facing Treatment; Surgery: Lumpectomy Vs. Mastectomy; Chemotherapy and TNBC; Before or After Surgery?; Chemotherapy Drugs; Biologic Therapies; Radiation; Tamoxifen and Arimidex; Combined Therapy for Hormone Negative; Which Regimen Works Best?; On the Horizon; The Rest of You; Alternative Treatments; Follow-Up Care After Breast Cancer; Nuts and Bolts: Questions to Ask Your Doctor; The Decision; Sites for Cancer Drug Info; Profile: Cancer Brings Love the Second Time Around; Chapter 6: The Positives of Healthy Living; Exercise and Physical Activity; Weight Control; Diet: Healthy In, Healthy Out; Putting it All Together; Profile: Running Marathons; Nuts and Bolts: Way to Go; Counting Calories; Five Ways to Maintain a Healthy Weight; The Triple Negative Diet; Profile: An Alternative Approach; Chapter 7: My Life Right Now; TNBC Women; Glossary; Annotated Pathology Report: Pat’s Case

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