Breast Cancer: The Complete Guide

Author: Yashar Hirshaut,Peter I Pressman,Jane Brody
Publisher: Bantam
Category: Health Systems & Services, Diseases & Disorders, Health Books, Popular Medicine & Health, Women's Health
Book Format: Paperback

Written by two renowned authorities who specialize in the treatment of breast cancer, a surgeon and an oncologist, this lucid step-by-step guide has established itself as the indispensable book women need to make informed decisions about the care that is right for them.



Breast cancer will strike one out of every eight women in the United States. Because there have been many important changes in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in the last few years, this fully revised Third Edition contains information on the latest developments in the field, including:



• new diagnostic procedures

• changes in the treatment of in situ cancer

• improved surgical techniques

• gene testing

• sequencing radiation and chemotherapy

• HER-2Neu (Herceptin)

• tamoxifen for prevention

• bone marrow and stem cell transplants

• and more

About Yashar Hirshaut
Yashar Hirshaut is a medical oncologist specializing in the treatment of breast cancer. A graduate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, he completed his oncology training at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, and at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Form 1970 to 1986 he served as an attending physician at Memorial Sloan-Kettering on the Clinical Immunology Service and an associate professor of medicine at the Cornell University Medical College. He was also head of the Laboratory for Immuno-diagnosis at Sloan-Kettering. In addition to being in private practice, he is currently associate clinical professor of medicine at Cornell University, adjunct professor of biology at Yeshiva University, and an attending physician at Mount Sinai Medical Center and Beth Israel and Lenox Hill Hospitals in New York City. Peter I Pressman is a surgical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of breast cancer. A graduate of Columbia College and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, he trained at Presbyterian Hospital and the Columbia Division of Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Dr. Pressman has been in private practice in New York for over thirty-five years and is Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He was attending surgeon at Beth Israel Medical Center and Lenox Hill Hospital.

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SKU BK-9780553385915
Barcode # 9780553385915
Brand Bantam
Artist / Author Yashar Hirshaut, Peter I Pressman, Jane Brody
Shipping Weight 0.3900kg
Shipping Width 0.150m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.230m
Assembled Length 15.200m
Assembled Height 22.900m
Assembled Width 2.300m
Type Paperback

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