100 Questions & Answers About Triple Negative Breast Cancer - Softcover

Yarbro, Connie Henke; Cantril, Cynthia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1284181375 ISBN 13: 9781284181371

Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

According to the American Cancer Society, 10-15% of all breast cancer patients are diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). No one with TNBC needs to be alone in their fight against this fast-growing cancer. That's where this book and the information within can help. 100 Questions & Answers About Triple-Negative Breast Cancer offers authoritative and practical answers to the most common questions asked by patients and their loved ones. What is triple-negative breast cancer? How is different than other breast cancers? What are the signs and symptoms of triple-negative breast cancer? What is targeted therapy and is it effective treatment for TNBC?Along with the answers to these and other questions, this book provides information on risk factors and prevention, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and more. 100 Questions & Answers About Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Second Edition is an invaluable resource for anyone copying with the physical and emotional turmoil of this challenging type of breast cancer.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Connie Henke Yarbro, RN, MS, FAAN, is Founding Editor of Seminars in Oncology Nursing, and Adjunct Courtesy Faculty, Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri-Columbia. One of the founders of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) in 1975, she served as the first Treasurer (1975-1979) and President of the ONS (1979-1983). In 1981, she founded the ONS Foundation and served as President from 1982-1988. She has served on the Board of Trustees for the Association of Community Cancer Centers, the American Association for Cancer Education, advisory panels for the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Pharmacopeia, and numerous other committees and advisory panels. She is one of three editors of the comprehensive textbook of oncology nursing, Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice (8th ed), Cancer Symptom Management (4th ed), Oncology Nursing Review (6th ed), ' Breast Care Certification Review (2nd ed), and co-editor of Oncology Nursing in the Ambulatory Setting and Cancer Pain Management (2nd ed). She has published over 100 articles and book chapters on topics related to cancer nursing and care, and is a national and international lecturer. She is Past President of the International Society for Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC), served on the Medical Advisory Board of CancerSource.com, the Board of Directors for the Center for Biomedical Continuing Education, the Alternative and Complementary Methods of Cancer Management Committee of the American Cancer Society and the Leadership and Development Committee of ONS. She has received numerous local, national and international awards and most recently was named a Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing.

Cynthia (Cindi) Cantril, MPH, RN, OCN, CBCN, is the Director of Cancer Support Services and Patient Navigation at Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation in Santa Rosa, California. She oversees patient navigation, support groups, a peer volunteer program and implementation of best practices for patient navigation of the over 13,000 new cancers diagnosed each year in the Sutter system. As a breast health nurse navigator for over ten years, Cantril has focused on studying the informational needs of women and men with breast cancer. She is one of four founders of the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) in 1975. She has served on the Board of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship and her work in breast navigation and cancer survivorship is recognized nationally and internationally. She has numerous publications on patient navigation and is co-editor of the ONS book on Oncology Nurse Navigation. She has received the Oncology Nursing Society's Distinguished Service award, CURE magazine's Extraordinary Healer Award, the Oncology Nursing Society Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Biden Cancer Fierce Award for patient navigation.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1284181375
• ISBN 13: 9781284181371
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200
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