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]
Temas:
Breast > Cancer.
African American women > Health and hygiene.
Breast > Cancer > Treatment.
African American women > Medical care.
African Americans.
Women.
Breast Neoplasms
Black or African American
Women
Sein > Cancer.
Noires américaines > Santé et hygiène.
Sein > Cancer > Traitement.
Noires américaines > Soins médicaux.
Noirs américains.
Femmes.
African American.
women (female humans)
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General
MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine
MEDICAL / Diseases
MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
African Americans
African American women > Health and hygiene
African American women > Medical care
Breast > Cancer
Breast > Cancer > Treatment
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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