Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Treatment
by National Cancer Institute
The most common type of breast cancer is ductal carcinoma, which begins in the cells of the ducts. Cancer that begins in the lobes or lobules is called lobular carcinoma and is more often found in both breasts than are other types of breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Screening
by National Cancer Institute
Screening is looking for cancer before a person has any symptoms. This can help find cancer at an early stage. When abnormal tissue or cancer is found early, it may be easier to treat. By the time symptoms appear, cancer may have begun to spread.

Can antiperspirants or deodorants cause breast cancer?
by National Cancer Institute
There is no conclusive research linking the use of underarm antiperspirants or deodorants and the subsequent development of breast cancer. Two research studies of underarm antiperspirants or deodorants and breast cancer have been completed and provide

Breast Cancer Adjuvant Therapy
by National Cancer Institute
Researchers have been studying breast cancer for many years to learn how best to treat this disease. They have given special attention to ways to prevent breast cancer from recurring (returning) after primary treatment.

Breast Cancer Risk and Abortion, Miscarriage
by National Cancer Institute
A woman's hormone levels normally change throughout her life for a variety of reasons, and these hormonal changes can lead to changes in her breasts. Many such hormonal changes occur during pregnancy, changes that may influence a woman's chances

Treatment for Hot Flashes: Antidepressants
by National Cancer Institute
Women with breast cancer who suffer hot flashes now have a new option: widely used antidepressant drugs. In a large study presented at the 2000 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, venlafaxine (Effexor) substantially reduced hot

Foreword
Breast Cancer
by Mary Tagliaferri, M.D., L.Ac., Isaac Cohen, M.D., Debu Tripathy, M.D.
Anyone who is faced with a life-threatening illness such as breast cancer has a natural tendency to want to get as much information and to do everything possible to get better.

From Suspicion to Diagnosis
Breast Cancer: The Complete Guide
by Yashar Hirshaut, M.D., FACP, Peter I. Pressman, M.D., FACS
This lucid step-by-step guide has established itself as the indispensable book women need to make informed decisions about the care that is right for them. Breast cancer will strike one out of every eight women in the United States.

Unwelcome to the World of Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Husband: How to Help Your Wife (and Yourself) during Diagnosis, Treatment and Beyond
by Marc Silver
What to do in those frantic early days. When the news came, I was a husband behaving badly. It was the last Friday of August 2001. The phone in my office rang around 11:00 a.m. My wife's voice, shrouded by cell-phone static, sounded raw and uneasy.

My Personal Journey
After Breast Cancer: A Common-Sense Guide to Life After Treatment
by Hester Hill Schnipper, LICSW
As hard as it is to remember, there was a before. I had lived for forty-four years and thought of myself as having been lucky. I had been a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, a lover, and a friend.

Cancer
The Sexy Years: Discover the Hormone Connection: The Secret to Fabulous Sex, Great Health, and Vitality, for Women and Men
by Suzanne Somers
The last words I ever thought I'd hear about myself were 'You have breast cancer.' It was as though someone had dropped a load of lead on my head. I felt stunned. This is something that happens to other people, I thought. Not me.

Breast Health and Anatomy
Bosom Buddies: Lessons and Laughter on Breast Health and Cancer
by Rosie O'Donnell, Deborah Axelrod, M.D., F.A.C.S., Tracy Chutorian Semler
A normal, healthy breast comes in many different shapes, sizes, and colors. In fact, I'm not a big fan of the word normal, as there is such great variability in what's normal, as well as what's healthy. Normal for you may be quite different from what it

The History and Politics of the Breast Cancer Industry
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer : How Hormone Balance Can Help Save Your Life
by John R. Lee, M.D., Virginia Hopkins, David Zava, Ph.D.
Since 1950, breast cancer incidence has risen by 60 percent - and each year over 40,000 American women die from it. Conventional treatment protocols are simply not working and - worse - they may even be harmful. But women do have prevention and treatment

Introduction
The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet : The Powerful Foods, Supplements, and Drugs That Can Save Your Life
by Robert Arnot, M.D.
For decades, breast cancer has stood alone among major diseases, because its victims lacked even a single practical preventive measure with which to protect themselves. In most epidemics, we've had the power to defend ourselves: vaccines for the flu

Woman-to-Woman Guide
Breast Cancer, There and Back
by Jami Bernard
A Woman-to-Woman Guide. You or someone you love is facing one of the greatest challenges life can hand you. But Jami Bernard lets you in on a secret: You can do it. A breast cancer veteran herself, Jami shows you how chemotherapy and radiation