Mammography
and Early Breast Cancer Detection: How Screening Saves Lives, is
written by Alan B. Hollingsworth, M.D. He is the director of the Mercy Breast
Center, a screening and diagnostic facility at Mercy Hospital, Oklahoma City
and his practice is limited to risk assessment, genetic testing, and
multimodality screening for high-risk patients. In his book, Hollingsworth
discusses the history of breast cancer screening, from its beginnings to today’s
latest technology. He presents both sides of the mammography effectiveness
controversy – he supports the use of mammography on an annual basis.
Breast Cancer Clear & Simple: All Your
Questions Answered is published by the American Cancer Society. This is a
comprehensive guide to coping with breast cancer and includes information in a
question and answer format, beginning with diagnostic tests and finding a
doctor to treatment options -- radiation, chemotherapy, and more, and surgery
options of lumpectomy and mastectomy. It continues with details on the side
effects of treatments, clinical trials, cancer stages, and psychological
aspects of the disease. References, a resource guide, and a glossary are
included.
Breast Cancer Surgery and Reconstruction:
What’s Right for You is a guide to the options available through breast
reconstruction surgery after both single and double mastectomies. It is written
by Patricia Anstett, a medical journalist, with photographs by Kathleen
Galligan. Choices available include silicone or saline implants, liposuction
and tissue reconstruction, delayed reconstruction, revisions and lifts, and
more. There also is information on health insurance and doctor selection. A
glossary, bibliography, and index are provided.
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