The Informed Woman's Guide to Breast Health: Breast Changes That Are Not Cancer

by Kerry Anne McGinn

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0923521240
• ISBN13: 9780923521240
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Bull Publishing Company
• Length: 127 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A well-written, informative book.

This book is extraordinarily well written. I read the book after having a biopsy on calcifications in my breast (which were benign, thankfully). But this was a full three weeks after I first heard about the problem with calcifications on my mammogram, and since I knew nothing about them, I spent many anxious hours worrying if I were going to lose my breast, die sooner rather than later, etc. Had I read the book at that point, my mind would have been so much more at ease.This is fairly easy reading, with helpful graphics and excellent explanations, even of technical and medical terms. The explanation of the different types of biopsies is very good, as is the chapter on the risks of breast cancer (diagnosis rates and mortality rates). It's not as scary as we've been led to believe by the media.I recommend this book to two audiences: 1. Women who have been told they have any sort of breast problem, whether cancerous or not. 2. Medical practioners who do not specalize in breast health, but who talk to women with potential problems. For example, my GP didn't know as much about calcifications, the biopsy procedures, and treatments, as I do, now that I have read the book.