Title:
Beyond breast cancer : a Mayo Clinic guide to healing and wellness
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Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
Rochester, MN : Mayo Clinic Press, [2023]
©2023
Physical Description:
222 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9798887700267
Abstract:
Beyond Breast Cancer: A Mayo Clinic Guide to Healing and Wellness is a supportive, practical guide to life after diagnosis and initial treatment for breast cancer. In this short, accessible book, Mayo Clinic breast cancer specialists Tufia C. Haddad, M.D., and Kathryn J. Ruddy, M.D., and colleagues offer their insights on how to navigate this new phase of the journey, including monitoring for signs of recurrence; optimizing diet, sleep and exercise habits; coping with lingering treatment effects; improving sexual health; managing money and insurance issues; and much more.
Contents:
A new normal -- Watching for signs of cancer recurrence -- Staying healthy -- Lingering or late side effects -- Living with metastatic breast cancer -- Maximizing quality of life with palliative care -- Clinical trials -- Integrative therapies -- Sexual intimacy -- Fertility and pregnancy -- Family and friends -- Work and money -- For partners -- Stopping anticancer treatment.
Language:
English
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