Confronting Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Identify Your Risk, Understand Your Options, Change Your Destiny

by Rebecca Sutphen, Sue Friedman, Kathy Steligo, et al.

Book Overview

"Be informed. Be empowered. Be well."

If you are concerned that the cancer in your family is hereditary, you face difficult choices. Should you have a blood test that may reveal whether you have a high likelihood of disease? Do you preemptively treat a disease that may never develop? How do you make decisions now that will affect the rest of your life? This helpful, informative guide answers your questions as you confront hereditary breast...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421404087
• ISBN13: 9781421404080
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher