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1. |
Introduction
It's
Not Your Grandma's Breast Cancer
The Five
Minute Breast Cancer Primer
About This Book |
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2. |
Statistics
About Breast Cancer |
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3. |
Just the Facts,
Ma'm
What is Breast Cancer?
Types
of Cancer
Stages of Breast Cancer |
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4. |
Lobular Carcinoma
in Situ
What
is LCIS?
Is LCIS a "Real" Cancer?
The
Marker Theory
The LCIS Controvery - Prophylactic
Mastectomy
Treatment Options for LCIS |
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Ductal Carcinoma
in Situ
Types of Ductal
Carcinoma
Recurrence Rates for DCIS
Treatment
Options for DCIS
New DCIS Studies |
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6. |
Paget's Disease
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment |
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7. |
Breast Cancer
and Lesbians
Risk
Factors for Lesbians
Recovery Issues for
Lesbians |
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8. |
Breast Cancer
and Black Women
Contributing
Factors
Fibroadenomas and Black Women
Breast
Cancer is More Aggressive in
Black Women |
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9. |
Breast Cancer
and Men
What
Types Affect Men?
Men and LCIS
Risk Factors
Survival
Rates
Diagnosing Male Breast Cancer
Treatment
Options |
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Symptoms
Symptoms
Associated with Breast Cancer
Breast Pain
Fibroadenoma
Nipple
Discharge
Fibrocystic Changes |
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11. |
Risk Factors
Significant
Risk Factors
Other Risk Factors
Other
Issues |
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12. |
Myths about
Breast Cancer |
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13. |
Preventing
Breast Cancer
Becoming
a Vegetarian
Exercise More
Stop Drinking
Alcohol
Take Your Vitamins
Lose Weight
Stop
Taking Birth Control Pills
Have Children,
at a Younger Age
Have a Prophylactic Mastectomy |
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14. |
Diet and Breast
Cancer
Diet
and Radiation Therapy or Chemotherapy |
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15. |
Diagnostic
Methods
Diagnosing
Non-Palpable Breast Masses
Diagnosing Palpable
Breast Masses |
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16. |
Treatment Methods
Lumpectomy or Wide Incision
Partial
or Segmental Mastectomy
Quadrantectomy
Simple
or Total Mastectomy
Modified Radical Mastectomy
Radical
Mastectomy
Axillary Node Dissection
Sentinel
Lymph Node Biopsy
Side Effects of Mastectomy
After
the Surgery
Stem Cell Therapy |
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17. |
Breast Reconstruction
What
to Expect
When is Reconstructive Surgery
Done?
Tissue Transplants
Complications
After Breast Reconstruction Surgery
Implants
Nipple
Reconstruction
Before Undergoing Reconstructive
Surgery
Complications After Reconstructive
Surgery
Breast Care After Reconstructive
Surgery
If You Decide Not to Have Reconstructive
Surgery |
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18. |
Emotional Health
When
You Are Diagnosed
During Treatment
After
Treatment is Completed
Breast Reconstruction
and Emotional
Health
What to Expect
LCIS
and Emotional Health
Psychic Healing
Breast
Cancer and Your Children |
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A. |
Appendix A:
Types of Breast Cancer |
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B. |
Appendix B:
Glossary |
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C. |
Appendix C:
Resources |
