No Longer Radical: Understanding Mastectomies and Choosing the Breast Cancer Care That’s Right for You
治療乳癌:了解乳房切除術和選擇最適合你的治療法
內容介紹
由兩位頂尖醫師所撰寫拯救生命和給人力量的指南,幫助人們更瞭解乳癌的檢測、預防和治療方案。
Rachel Brem乳房放射學家和Christy Teal乳房外科醫生,他們都曾做出過切除乳房的個人決定。《治療乳癌》是每一位曾接觸過乳癌的人的必讀之作。喬治-華盛頓大學乳癌治療領域的領先專家─Rachel Brem博士是乳房影像主任,Christy Teal博士是乳房護理中心的外科主任--他們為檢測、預防和治療這種疾病制定了一份拯救生命的指南。此書將幫助有需要的讀者,把對醫療保健的控制權交到了你自己手中。當女性的病史使她們有患乳癌的風險時,作者在此書告訴了我們一些必須思考的基本問題,包括:
-決定乳房切除術是否適合你
-評估不同年齡層的治療方案
-瞭解康復的真正面貌
-掌控癌症護理意味著什麼?
兩位女性都有乳癌家族史,Brem博士曾接受過治療,Teal博士曾接受過預防性乳房切除術。兩位在此領域擁有專業的女性,不只以她們的知識提出完整的分析與論述,這本寶貴的書也是為那些被診斷為乳癌、接受過治療或家族中有乳癌病史的女性所寫,第一本把知識和權力交到病人手中的書。
作者介紹
瑞秋˙布倫 (Rachel Brem)博士是國際知名的乳癌專家,她在開發和實施新技術以改善乳癌檢測方面發揮了作用。她致力於消除醫療保健方面的差異。她是喬治˙華盛頓大學的教授和乳房影像與干預主任,放射學系副主席,以及佈雷姆基金會的首席醫學顧問和共同創始人。
書評
“An invaluable, forthright, upbeat resource.” —Booklist
“I didn't know it, but No Longer Radical is the book I've been waiting for, causing me to stop averting my eyes and closing my ears every time the topic of breast cancer comes up. With beautiful writing and clear explanation of every part of mastectomies and other treatments, the gifted authors make this dreaded subject more manageable, and with less reason now to fear this terrible disease. “ —Seth M. Siegel, author, New York Times bestseller Let There Be Water: Israel's Solution for a Water-Starved World
"Hold No Longer Radical in your hand as an expertly crafted compass to help navigate the irreversible choice of mastectomy. Writing from both personal experiences and professional perspectives, Drs. Brem and Teal offer proof that the path of mastectomy is no longer paved with shame and suffering, but with individualized choice and profound beauty." —Kristi Funk, MD, Breast Cancer Surgeon, Bestselling author BREASTS: The Owner’s Manual, Women’s Health Warrior at pinklotus.com
“Equal parts personal experience and health care navigation master class, No Longer Radical gives women all of the tools they need to understand their breast health. Written by two breast cancer physicians who had to make their own big decisions, it is a deeply researched guide that is just as readable as it is educational.” —Leslie Schrock, author of Bumpin' and Fertility Rules