The Breast Cancer Survival Manual ─ A Step-by-Step Guide for Women With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women from thirty-five to fifty-four years of age, and few things are as terrifying and confusing as a diagnosis of this disease. The sixth edition of The Breast Cancer Survival Manual is a concise, information-packed guide that is newly revised to contain all of the latest findings to help the woman facing treatment feel informed and empowered. John Link, M.D., a pioneer developer of Breastlink Medical Group in Southern California includes the most current medical advice on:
--The Breastlink methodology of pretreatment conferences
--New genomic tools to assist treating physicians in prescribing more “individualized” treatments that optimize cure and reduce side effects and “overtreatment”
--Germ-line testing for breast cancer susceptibility
--Her2 Positive Breast Cancer advances in therapy
--A guide to accurately analyzing and understanding the ‘pathology’ of biopsy, including a look into pre-invasive breast cancer

And more. Of course, all of the basic information included in the previous editions—the nature and biology of breast cancer, choosing a treatment team, managing side effects, and optimizing medication—are here as well, making this the best book of its kind on the market.