The Black Woman's Breast Cancer Survival Guide: Understanding and Healing in the Face of a Nationwide Crisis
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Health, Ailments & Diseases, Cancer, Health Care Issues, Women&
| Author: | Cheryl D. Holloway | ISBN: | 9781440856099 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO | Publication: | July 14, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Praeger | Language: | English |
| Author: | Cheryl D. Holloway |
| ISBN: | 9781440856099 |
| Publisher: | ABC-CLIO |
| Publication: | July 14, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Praeger |
| Language: | English |
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
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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