This definitive resource for handling the physical and emotional effects of breast cancer and treatment is full of relatable stories teaching patients and caregivers how to ask the right questions to get the best possible care. Original.
"This guidebook helps people who are diagnosed with breast cancer understand what is happening to them while they cope physically and emotionally with cancer treatment"--
Your complete resource for handling the physical and emotional effects of breast cancer treatments.
At the time of diagnosis, breast cancer patients are faced with many overwhelming decisions about possible treatments. Living with Breast Cancer provides you with an overview of what to expect from testing and treatment, which cancer specialists you may need to see, and common terms to use to help communicate your needs to your team. This empathetic resource full of relatable stories teaches patients and caregivers how to ask the right questions to get the best possible care. The authors explain how to minimize the symptoms and side effects of treatment and outline coping strategies to deal with the stress of breast cancer treatment, including the changes in your body from cancer and its therapies. The book helps readers
make sense of their diagnosis
set goals and prepare for treatment
understand the different types of therapies, tests, and scans
manage the symptoms and side effects of treatment, such as nausea, fatigue, shortness of breath, weight fluctuations, and depression
learn what medications and lifestyle modifications can help with symptoms
live and cope with progressive cancer
Living with Breast Cancer is your definitive resource for handling the physical and emotional effects of breast cancer and treatment.
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Your complete resource for handling the physical and emotional effects of breast cancer treatments.
| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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PART ONE Making Sense of Your Diagnosis |
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One How Am I Going to Get Through This? |
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Two Setting the Goals for Treatment |
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Three Local Therapies in Breast Cancer |
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27 | (14) |
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Four How to Prepare for Systemic Treatment |
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Five Tests and Scans in Treatment |
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Six How Am I Supposed to Cope Emotionally? |
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88 | (16) |
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Seven How Do I Cope with Changes in My Body? |
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PART TWO Managing Symptoms and Side Effects |
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Eight Managing the Side Effects of Hormonal Therapy |
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117 | (13) |
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130 | (15) |
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Ten Managing Constipation and Diarrhea |
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145 | (16) |
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161 | (18) |
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Twelve Should I Worry about Shortness of Breath? |
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Thirteen What If I'm Gaining or Losing Weight? |
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189 | (14) |
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Fourteen What If I Have a Sudden Fever? |
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203 | (7) |
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Fifteen Clotting and Bleeding Issues |
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210 | (4) |
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Sixteen Why Am I So Exhausted? When Will I Have Energy Again? |
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214 | (13) |
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Seventeen Why Do People Keep Asking Whether I Am Depressed or Anxious? |
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227 | (14) |
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Eighteen How Does Cancer Affect My Brain? |
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241 | (10) |
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PART THREE Dealing with Progressing Cancer |
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Nineteen They Tell Me the Cancer Is Progressing |
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251 | (11) |
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Twenty Living and Hoping with Advancing Cancer |
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262 | (10) |
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Twenty-One What about Practical Concerns? |
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272 | (10) |
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Twenty-Two My Doctor Says Cancer Treatment Is No Longer Effective |
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282 | (9) |
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Twenty-Three My Body Feels Like It's Shutting Down |
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291 | (13) |
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Twenty-Four What Is a Good Death? |
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304 | (13) |
| A Final Note |
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| Index |
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Jennifer A. Shin, MD, MPH (SOMERVILLE, MA), is a medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer and a palliative care specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital. David P. Ryan, MD (MILTON, MA), is the chief of hematology/oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital. Vicki A. Jackson, MD, MPH (NEWTONVILLE, MA), is the chief of palliative care and geriatric medicine at Mass General Hospital. Michelle D. Seaton (NATICK, MA) is the coauthor of The Way of Boys and The Cardiac Recovery Handbook. Jackson, Ryan, and Seaton are coauthors of Living with Cancer: A Step-by-Step Guide to Coping Medically and Emotionally with a Serious Diagnosis.
