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Title: Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding after Breast Reduction Surgery
Author: Diana West - Subbadra Tidball (Illustrator)
Publisher: La Leche League International
Date Published: August 2001
ISBN-13: 9780912500867
Exploring the many aspects of breastfeeding for a mother who has had breast reduction surgery, this first of its kind publication addresses questions and myths.
Title: History of the Breast
Author: Marilyn Yalom
Publisher: Ballantine Books, Incorporated
Date Published: April 1998
ISBN-13: 9780345388940
In this provocative, pioneering, and wholly engrossing cultural history, noted scholar Marilyn Yalom explores 25,000 years of ideas, images, and perceptions about the female breast --in religion, psychology, politics, society, and the arts.
Title: A-Z of Practical Advice for Women after Breast Cancer Surgery
Author: Maria Hussain,E. Mayer-spitzweck
Publisher: Scholium International, Inc.
Date Published: January 1993
# ISBN-13: 9783886034734
Title: Breast Cancer: The Complete Guide
Author: Yashar Hirshaut,Peter Pressman
Publisher: Bantam Books, Incorporated
Date Published: September 2008
ISBN-13: 9780553385915
Synopsis: Late, up-to-date, thorough, and accessible book on this disease that will strike one of every nine American women. "Here are the facts--clear, unterrifying, and important."--Betty Rollin (First, You Cry). Line drawings.
Expert Commentary From The Publisher: Written by two renowned authorities who specialize in the treatment of breast cancer, a surgeon and an oncologist, this is the one indispensable book women need in order to cope with a disease that will strike one out of every nine of them in the United States. Now revised to bring readers the very latest information on diagnosis and treatment, this lucid step-by-step guide contains all the latest information women require if they are to collaborate with their doctors in making truly informed decisions about the care that is right for them.
Title: Breast Cancer Survival Manual: A Step-by-Step Guide for the Woman with Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer
Author: John Link
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Date Published: February 2007
ISBN-13: 9780805082340
Synopsis Written by one of the country's foremost breast cancer experts, this guide provides the most up-to-date information available on the disease and its treatment. 10 line drawings.
Expert Commentary From Library Journal: Upon hearing a diagnosis of breast cancer, many women feel devastated, confused, and totally alone. Link, a practicing internist and oncologist and founder/medical director of the Breast Center in Long Beach, CA, intends to provide the newly diagnosed woman with all the information she needs to make informed decisions about her care. After arguing that a second opinion is absolutely required, he goes on to discuss the types of cancer, surgeries, reconstruction, and adjuvant therapies, all the while stressing that the best prognosis involves the creation of a surgical/oncological team of specialists whom the informed patient is advised to quarterback. Link also provides chapters on post-treatment health and nutrition. The most useful parts of the book are checklists at the end of each chapter that provide specific questions to be asked of physicians at each step of the process and the suggestion to keep a log/calendar of all appointments and record sessions with doctors. Link presents breast cancer patients with valuable information and hope, two vital parts of a successful treatment/recovery process. Recommended for all public libraries.Bette-Lee Fox, "Library Journal"
Title: Breast Reconstruction Following Mastectomy for Carcinoma
Author: William M. Cocke
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Date Published: January 1977
ISBN-13: 9780316149204
Title: Breasts: Our Most Public Private Parts
Breasts: Our Most Public Private Parts
Author: Meema Spadola
Pub. Date: # October 1998
ISBN-13: 9781885171276
Synopsis Based on the author's controversial documentary that aired on Cinemax, this book breaks taboos, shatters myths, and pays homage to the female breast. In a narrative that is uncompromising and authentic, Spadola explores previously uncharted emotional and sociological territory. Photos throughout.
Reviews and Commentary From The Publisher:
Meema Spadola would like to talk to you about breasts. Not "Hollywood breasts" -- the perfectly shaped, sized, and proportioned breasts frequently displayed in magazines, on TV shows, and in movies. Real breasts. Everyday breasts.
Based on the author's controversial documentary, Breasts features a group of 20 women -- some from the documentary along with a chorus of new voices. Interviewees are a diverse mix of women of all ages, sexual orientations, and social, racial, and ethnic backgrounds. In addition, observations from selected experts -- psychologists, plastic surgeons, oncologists, lactation consultants -- add greater depth.
Of interest to women of all ages and especially helpful for young girls entering puberty, Breasts is a manifesto by women, for women. In a narrative that is uncompromising and authentic, Spadola explores previously uncharted emotional and sociological territory.
Title: Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book
Author: Susan M. Love, Karen Lindsey
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman, Incorporated
Date Published: # September 2005
ISBN-13: 9780738209739
Synopsis This fully revised edition of Dr. Love's important book reflects every major new development in breast care, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and research. Every chapter has been brought up to date to include the newest information on silicone implants, the reliability of mammograms, genetic risk factors, environmental hazards, diet, hormone use, and more.
Expert Commentary
This Book was reviewed by: Publisher's Weekly, Alida Brill - Ms., Esther R. Rome - Women's Review of Books, The Readers Catalog and The Publisher
From Publisher's Weekly: This fifth edition of Love and Lindsey's comprehensive 1990 title has been so thoroughly revised that, Love notes, only the anatomy chapter remains untouched: ``The breast, I'm glad to report, is still located on the chest!'' New information includes that on mammography screening, the breast cancer gene, the metastatic phase of breast cancer, the connection between mind and body, prevention and the importance of political awareness and action. Also updated are discussions of every conceivable aspect of the breast: from its health and development to such common concerns as normal tissue lumpiness and breast feeding, to issues surrounding breast cancer-its screening, diagnosis, causes, treatment, prevention and the directions of current research. Hormone therapy, silicone implants, breast biopsy, lumpectomy, reconstruction and bone-marrow transplants are also explained. With Lindsey (Friends as Family), Love, who is director of the Comprehensive Breast Center, associate professor of clinical surgery at UCLA School of Medicine and co-founder of the National Breast Cancer Coalition, offers a highly readable book that educates, supports and encourages women to become their own advocates of breast health. (June)
From The Reader's Catalog: Fully revised and updated, this is a "highly readable book that educates, supports and encourages women to become their own advocates of breast health"--Publishers Weekly
From The Publisher: Women all over the country and the doctors and nurses who care for them have established Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book as the standard reference on its subject. Dr. Love has now revised her book to reflect every new development in breast care, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and research. Every chapter has been brought up to date, including new information on silicone implants, imaging techniques, genetics, risk factors and prevention, hormone use, bone marrow transplants, tamoxifen, immediate reconstruction, and treatment for metastatic breast cancer.
Title: Womans Decision Breast Care, Treatment, and Reconstruction
Author: Karen Berger,John Bostwick
Publisher: Saint Martin's Press, Incorporated
Date Published: # January 1998
ISBN-13: 9780312182298
Synopsis
Fully updated, with the most recent research and new diagnostic treatments, this acclaimed reference offers readers the latest information on breast cancer, treatment and reconstruction. "A Woman's Decision" covers every aspect of breast cancer--from selecting a physician, to treatment, to how breast cancer affects relationships to finding support groups and information on the Net. 592 pp. 25,000 print.
Title: Recovering from Breast Surgery: exercises to Strengthen Your Body and Relieve Pain
Publisher: Hunter House, Incorporated
Date Published: April 1995
ISBN-13: 9780897931809
Synopsis A physical therapist who has worked almost exclusively with breast cancer patients for nearly 30 years writes a warm and understanding book that uses the stories of real women as examples to discuss the best exercises and therapies for relieving pain after surgery.
Title Your Breast and You; What Every Woman Needs to Know; What Every Woman Needs to Know about Breast
Author: David S. Halbert,Delno Roberts (Editor),Esme Glenn (Illustrator)
Publisher: Askon Publishing Company
Date Published: November 1985
ISBN-13: 9780931609008
Expert Commentary From Library Journal: This is not just another book on breast cancer and mastectomy. Dr. Halbert writes in a concise and easy-to-understand style. He considers all aspects of the breast and breast disease. The section on reconstructive surgery is very strong and the use of line drawings and photos enhances the text greatly. This is one of the few recent books to also discuss breast augmentation and reduction procedures. There is a good subject bibliography. A good purchase for public libraries. Linda Morgan Davis, Physicians Insurance Co. of Ohio (PICO) Lib., Columbus
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