Reducing Breast Cancer Risk in Women: Introduction by Susan M. Love: 75 (Developments in Oncology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0792330641 ISBN 13: 9780792330646

Verlag: Springer, 1995

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Breast cancer is not only a burning public issue, but very soon we shall see genetic testing for a woman’s predisposition to breast cancer. Many women will be demanding to know their degree of risk and will need counselling to cope with that information. This book is particularly aimed at primary health care professionals, including physicians, medical assistants, nurses and counsellors, who daily deal with questions from women concerned about their risk of developing breast cancer. To answer such questions, this book has combined a guide to identifying women at higher risk to breast cancer, with a balanced review of approaches which aim to reduce that risk. The book provides practical general measures which may reduce risk for women at average risk. For women at clearly increased risk various protective options with different levels of efficacy and acceptability are discussed.
Central to the book is the patient-centered view. We need to face reality that it still will take many years before the current clinical trials of preventive measures provide meaningful results. Meanwhile, women who seek to diminish their risk of breast cancer need all the available information. They must be given full responsibility to make an informed decision on their own health care.
Reducing Breast Cancer Risk in Women is a practical handbook, technicalities have been deliberately kept to a minimum, making it concise and easy to read.

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This book is aimed particularly at primary health-care professionals, including physicians, medical assistants, nurses and counsellors, who daily deal with questions from women concerned about their risk of developing breast cancer. To answer such questions, this book has combined a guide to identifying women at higher risk to breast cancer with a balanced review of approaches which aim to reduce that risk. The book provides practical general measures which may reduce risk for women at average risk. For women at clearly increased risk, various protective options with different levels of efficacy and acceptability are discussed.

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• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0792330641
• ISBN 13: 9780792330646
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
• Herausgeber: Stoll B.A.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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