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The Black woman's breast cancer survival guide : understanding and healing in the face of a nationwide crisis /

Breast cancer is reaching epidemic levels, especially among Black women. This survival guide provides tools that women?Black women in particular?can use to identify and combat this all-too-common threat.? Speaks from the perspective of a Black woman who has had breast cancer and is also an academic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Holloway, Cheryl D. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Philip, Philip A. (Philip Agop) (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Part 1 : Dealing with the basics for Black women -- Why Black women need to pay close attention to cancer and cancer screening -- Dealing with common emotions and talking to others -- Types of breast cancer Black women may develop -- Part 2 : Understanding cancer test results -- Breast cancer health screens -- Understanding cancer test results -- Part 3 : What you need to know about breast cancer treatment -- Surgery -- Radiation therapy -- Chemotherapy, anti-estrogen (endocrine) therapy, combined therapies, and emerging treatments -- Watching out for other forms of cancer -- Cancer is gone : Be happy, but don't let your guard down -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : organizations that can help -- Appendix B : other websites with helpful information -- Appendix C : glossary. 
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