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.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart One. Making Sense of Your DiagnosisChapter One. How Am I Going to Get Through This?Chapter Two. Setting the Goals for TreatmentChapter Three. Local Therapies in Breast CancerChapter Four. How to Prepare for Systemic TreatmentChapter Five. Tests and Scans in TreatmentChapter Six. How Am I Supposed to Cope Emotionally?Chapter Seven. How Do I Cope with Changes in My Body? Part Two. Managing Symptoms and Side EffectsChapter Eight. Managing the Side Effects of Hormonal TherapyChapter Nine. Controlling NauseaChapter Ten. Managing Constipation and DiarrheaChapter Eleven. Minimizing PainChapter Twelve. Should I Worry about Shortness of Breath?Chapter Thirteen. What If I'm Gaining or Losing Weight?Chapter Fourteen. What If I Have a Sudden Fever?Chapter Fifteen. Clotting and Bleeding Issues Chapter Sixteen. Why Am I So Exhausted? When Will I Have Energy Again?Chapter Seventeen. Why Do People Keep Asking Whether I Am Depressed or Anxious?Chapter Eighteen. How Does Cancer Affect My Brain?Part Three. Dealing with Progressing CancerChapter Nineteen. They Tell Me the Cancer Is ProgressingChapter Twenty. Living and Hoping with Advancing CancerChapter Twenty-One. What about Practical Concerns?Chapter Twenty-Two. My Doctor Says Cancer Treatment Is No Longer EffectiveChapter Twenty-Three. My Body Feels Like It's Shutting DownChapter Twenty-Four. What Is a Good Death?A Final NoteIndex

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.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart One. Making Sense of Your DiagnosisChapter One. How Am I Going to Get Through This?Chapter Two. Setting the Goals for TreatmentChapter Three. Local Therapies in Breast CancerChapter Four. How to Prepare for Systemic TreatmentChapter Five. Tests and Scans in TreatmentChapter Six. How Am I Supposed to Cope Emotionally?Chapter Seven. How Do I Cope with Changes in My Body? Part Two. Managing Symptoms and Side EffectsChapter Eight. Managing the Side Effects of Hormonal TherapyChapter Nine. Controlling NauseaChapter Ten. Managing Constipation and DiarrheaChapter Eleven. Minimizing PainChapter Twelve. Should I Worry about Shortness of Breath?Chapter Thirteen. What If I'm Gaining or Losing Weight?Chapter Fourteen. What If I Have a Sudden Fever?Chapter Fifteen. Clotting and Bleeding Issues Chapter Sixteen. Why Am I So Exhausted? When Will I Have Energy Again?Chapter Seventeen. Why Do People Keep Asking Whether I Am Depressed or Anxious?Chapter Eighteen. How Does Cancer Affect My Brain?Part Three. Dealing with Progressing CancerChapter Nineteen. They Tell Me the Cancer Is ProgressingChapter Twenty. Living and Hoping with Advancing CancerChapter Twenty-One. What about Practical Concerns?Chapter Twenty-Two. My Doctor Says Cancer Treatment Is No Longer EffectiveChapter Twenty-Three. My Body Feels Like It's Shutting DownChapter Twenty-Four. What Is a Good Death?A Final NoteIndex