Description
If your patient has just been diagnosed with breast cancer, you understands that it is crucial to make informed decisions about medical treatment on the path ahead.
In this completely revised and updated edition, breast cancer experts provide you with the fact you need the reassurance your patients need. They guide hundreds of woman a year through their personal struggles with breast cancer and can help empower you during this difficult time with all of the latest information available, including:
- How to obtain a second opinion without offending treating doctors
- Whether mastectomy or breast conservation and radiation is the right choice
- Key facts about Tamoxifen, Herceptin, and other chemotherapy options
- How to weigh risk factors, manage side effects, and optimize diet and medication
- How to best use alternative and complementary treatment methods
- Clinical research trials that could broaden treatment options
- When to have Her-2 oncogene testing
Armed with the practical, accessible, and expert advice found in this publication, you can help your patient face their illness.
Level: Intermediate
ISBN: 0805082344
ISBN-13: 9780805082340
Format: Paperback, 256pp
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated
Edition Number: 4
Dietetic professionals
CPE Level: 2
Suggested Commission on Dietetic Registration Learning Need Codes: It is the sole responsibility of the dietetic professional to determine the learning need code met by a course. numedix.com provides the following "suggested" codes, but the professional can deviate from them if they feel another need is met.
4040 Disease prevention
4130 Pregnancy
4140 Lactation
4180 Women's health
5000 Medical Nutrition Therapy
5150 Cancer
4180 Women's health