Explores how health advocacy movements, the media, research science, and other trends are changing society's perceptions of breast cancer and strengthening political and economic support of the disease.
"Providing comprehensive, current, and reliable information on breast cancer, this book, written by an experienced oncologist, a surgeon, and a breast cancer survivor, informs and inspires readers, wherever they are in the breast cancer ...
This is a serious breast cancer book for the woman or professional who wants to know all of the latest information from a reliable source.
This book offers key support for every woman. “Medically sound . . . An empowering tool that soothes the sting and shock of a cancer diagnosis with up-to-date information and physician-supported advice.” —Kirkus Reviews
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"Chemo brain. Fatigue. Chronic pain. Insomnia. Depression. These are just a few of the ongoing, debilitating symptoms that plague some breast-cancer survivors long after their treatments have officially ended.
This book discusses the realities of metastatic breast cancer.
This is a major contribution to understanding the politics and experience of breast cancer."—Phil Brown, Brown University
Drawing on interviews with doctors, economists, researchers, advocates and patients, as well as on journal entries and recordings collected over the author's treatment, Radical puts the story of breast cancer into context, and shows how ...
From Pink to Green successfully explores the intersection between breast cancer activism and the environmental health sciences, incorporating public and scientific debates as well as policy implications to public health and environmental ...