TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holloway,Cheryl D.
AU  - Philip,Philip A.
TI  - The Black woman's breast cancer survival guide: understanding and healing in the face of a nationwide crisis 
SN  - 9781440856099
AV  - RC280.B8 H635 2017
U1  - 616.99/449 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Santa Barbara, California
PB  - Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
KW  - Breast
KW  - Cancer
KW  - African American women
KW  - Health and hygiene
KW  - Treatment
KW  - Medical care
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Women
KW  - Breast Neoplasms
KW  - Black or African American
KW  - Sein
KW  - Noires américaines
KW  - Santé et hygiène
KW  - Traitement
KW  - Soins médicaux
KW  - Noirs américains
KW  - Femmes
KW  - African American
KW  - aat
KW  - women (female humans)
KW  - HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine
KW  - MEDICAL / Diseases
KW  - MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
KW  - MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part 1 : Dealing with the basics for Black women -- Why Black women need to pay close attention to cancer and cancer screening -- Dealing with common emotions and talking to others -- Types of breast cancer Black women may develop -- Part 2 : Understanding cancer test results -- Breast cancer health screens -- Understanding cancer test results -- Part 3 : What you need to know about breast cancer treatment -- Surgery -- Radiation therapy -- Chemotherapy, anti-estrogen (endocrine) therapy, combined therapies, and emerging treatments -- Watching out for other forms of cancer -- Cancer is gone : Be happy, but don't let your guard down -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : organizations that can help -- Appendix B : other websites with helpful information -- Appendix C : glossary
N2  - Breast cancer is reaching epidemic levels, especially among Black women. This survival guide provides tools that women?Black women in particular?can use to identify and combat this all-too-common threat.? Speaks from the perspective of a Black woman who has had breast cancer and is also an academic who researched breast cancer? Provides current information and practical advice for beating breast cancer? Explains tests and treatment options? Includes information on research studies and outcomes for Black women with breast cancer? Explores why Black women are more likely than women of any other race or ethnicity to develop aggressive and fast-growing breast tumors during their childbearing years
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ER  -