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Breast Cancer Survival Manual, Fourth Edition: A Step-By-Step Guide for the Woman with Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer |  | Author: John Link
Publisher: Owl Books,U.S.
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 51435
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4th Revised edition
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0805082344
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.99449
EAN: 9780805082340
ASIN: 0805082344
Publication Date: March 30, 2007
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This should be REQUIRED reading for women. September 26, 1998
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
A breast cancer diagnosis puts a woman's life into a free-fall. Dr. Link explains how to take charge of a situation over which you feel you have no control. He has offered a concise, up-to-date compilation of information necessary for a pro-active role in breast cancer treatment. He lets women know in understandable language that there are options available and helps sort throught the facts in order to make intelligent, informed decisions.pI discovered Dr. Link's book AFTER I had been diagnosed and had already received a second opinion on my own. He helped me sort throught the maze of chemotherapy treatments, and gave me the confidence I needed to make the right choices for me. I was so impressed with his book that I have donated copies to our local hospital to be given to women at the time of initial diagnosis.pIf you are facing this nightmare of a journey, take this book with you...
handy-dandy guide November 2, 1998
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Some people may be daunted by the size and detail of Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book, the current bible on breast cancer, and want instead a quick, clear, handy-dandy smaller guide to the issues. This may well be the book for them. John Link is an oncologist at the Memorial Care Breast Centers at Long Beach Memorial and there's a touch of boosterism for his clinic, but that's OK. I'm more bothered by the fact that he deals in authoritative pronouncements without a single reference to the underlying research. These things aside, there's a lot to like. A better explanation of your pathologist's report than I found in Love, an excellent chapter on Diet, Exercise, Herbs and Vitamins, and the only explanation I've encountered so far as to why chemo makes your hair fall out. A warning, which also applies to Love's book: those tumors depicted in the chapter on staging (p. 46) are not drawn to scale - they're tinier. But there is an earlier figure on p.23 that shows the true size of a 1 centimeter tumor. Remember too, this book is for beginning breast cancer; it has relatively little to say about recurrences and metastases. p Will appeal to: most patients and family supporters, either those with little patience for protracted reading, or those who just want to hear a second voice.
The 1st book to pick up for anyone who is newly diagnosed August 23, 1999
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this book recently after my girlfriend was diagnosed with breast cancer. THE BREAST CANCER SURVIVAL MANUAL is informative and easy to read. I feel empowered understanding the disease as well as the options my friend has with the up-to-date method of treatment. pI highly recommend this book to anyone, including friends or family members of those who have just been diagnosed with breast cancer. It also should be the first book to read for anyone who wants to be informed about breast cancer and the current treatment.
A must have book! February 26, 2008
Grateful customer (uk)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a life-saver, it informs and leads you to a much clearer understanding of what is going on in your body. I have returned to this book time and again as my diagnosis has taken many twists and turns.
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br /Everything the book has said has turned out to be correct and prevents surprises. The doctors prepare all the questions you need to ask - I cannot recommend it highly enough.
quick read and easy to comprehend September 25, 1998
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the best and most comprehensive book that I have found concerning breast cancer. I have bought a few other books on the subject and found this the easiest to comprehend. The information is complete and the guidence it has given me is a comfort. The information this book has to offer has given me the confidence needed to beat this disease. Thank-you Dr. Link, and Melissa Jeffries as well as all the others involved in this book for giving us a manual that answers so many questions. J.Freeland RN
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