Living with Breast Cancer: The Step-by-Step Guide to Minimizing Side Effects and Maximizing Quality of...

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Jennifer A. Shin David P. Ryan

Living with Breast Cancer

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

Jennifer A. Shin, David P. Ryan, Vicki A. Jackson , Michelle D. Seaton

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Johns Hopkins University Press
20 September 2022

Oncology; Popular medicine & health

Series: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book

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 cancer

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

By: Jennifer A. Shin, David P. Ryan, Vicki A. Jackson
With: Michelle D. Seaton
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9781421444437
ISBN 10: 1421444437
Series: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 20 September 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Acknowledgments Part One. Making Sense of Your Diagnosis Chapter One. How Am I Going to Get Through This? Chapter Two. Setting the Goals for Treatment Chapter Three. Local Therapies in Breast Cancer Chapter Four. How to Prepare for Systemic Treatment Chapter Five. Tests and Scans in Treatment Chapter 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 Effects Chapter Eight. Managing the Side Effects of Hormonal Therapy Chapter Nine. Controlling Nausea Chapter Ten. Managing Constipation and Diarrhea Chapter Eleven. Minimizing Pain Chapter 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 Cancer Chapter Nineteen. They Tell Me the Cancer Is Progressing Chapter Twenty. Living and Hoping with Advancing Cancer Chapter Twenty-One. What about Practical Concerns? Chapter Twenty-Two. My Doctor Says Cancer Treatment Is No Longer Effective Chapter Twenty-Three. My Body Feels Like It's Shutting Down Chapter Twenty-Four. What Is a Good Death? A Final Note Index

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.