Living with Breast Cancer

The Step-by-Step Guide to Minimizing Side Effects and Maximizing Quality of Life

AvJennifer A. Shin,David P. Ryan

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

Del i serien A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book

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Beskrivning

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 cancerLiving with Breast Cancer is your definitive resource for handling the physical and emotional effects of breast cancer and treatment.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-11-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt:567 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9781421444437

Utforska kategorier

Onkologi inom Medicin
Cancer inom Hälsa och familj

Mer om författaren

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.

Innehållsförteckning

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