This is a public, open group for anyone to join, add events, upload documents and recommendations that are useful for breast cancer patients. We provide practical information to help you understand what you are going through, including answers to common questions, tips, checklists and where to go for support. The navigating care library includes articles about cancer, chemotherapy regimens and drugs from the the national cancer institute and other experts. Navigating breast cancer national breast cancer foundation. This booklet is about medical care for women with breast cancer. The best books for women with breast cancer everyday health. Breast cancer genetics and the jewish woman yiddish edition booklet. Lillie shockney, administrative director of the johns hopkins breast center, instructor in the department of surgery at johns hopkins universitys school of medicine, and tireless breast cancer patient advocate, provides expert guidance as you embark on your journey, helping you gain an. Written by experts, our easytoread booklets and fact sheets provide reliable information on cancer related topics. The american cancer society creates and publishes books to help people navigate the cancer experience when it touches their lives or members of their family.
Navigating treatment options for patients with earlystage. Patient navigation helps guide patients through and around barriers in the complex cancer care system to help ensure timely diagnosis, treatment, and support. Number one breast cancer education book given by hospitals and doctors. Order our free publications cancer, support groups. About this booklet this national cancer institute nci booklet is for youa woman who has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. Ncis popular patient education publications are available in a variety of formats. We also offer educational workshops by phone or online. Lillie shockney, administrative director of the johns hopkins breast center, instructor in the department of surgery at johns hopkins universitys school of medicine, and tireless breast cancer patient. Written by a nationally renowned expert nurse navigator. Imagine the hope and comfort you will feel surrounded by forty inspiring breast cancer survivors twenty, forty, even fifty years after diagnosis. Malignant tumors can grow and invade nearby tissues or travel to distant organs.
Kristi funk has empowered women to reduce their breast cancer risk, reduce recurrence risk if youre a survivor, and educate you if you are newly. A comprehensive patient guide for treatment and recovery. Whether you are a survivor, caregiver, family member, friend or part of an oncology team, this book will help quiet fear, calm anxiety and offer the priceless gift of hope. Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that begins and grows in the breast. A new resource for patients navigating breast cancer article pdf available in journal of cancer education 274 october 2012 with 1,116 reads. After rose kushners june 1974 discovery of a cancerous lump in her breast, breast cancer became the focus of her life. A guide for the newly diagnosed offers authoritative, practical advice from a breast cancer survivor and medical professional. To order more than 50 books, please call us at 6106426550 for pricing. Empowers breast cancer patients and their families by providing authoritative, easytofollow information about each step of treatment, helping women to make informed decisions about their care armed with this invaluable book, breast cancer. Breast cancer that comes back after initial treatment is called recurrent breast cancer. Designed to help patients work as partners with their healthcare team. Armed with this invaluable book, breast cancer patients will be well prepared for each phase of therapy, and perhaps most importantly, will learn how to continue to. Use our clinical trial search to find ncisupported cancer. Used as a patient guide to find understanding and encouragement.
Get detailed information about breast cancer detection through tests such as mammograms, ultrasounds, other imaging tests and biopsies. It deals with her struggle with breast cancer and relates it to her strong advocacy and identity in certain social issues such as lesbian, civil rights, and feminist issues. Both women and men can develop breast cancer, although breast cancer is rare in men. Freeman in 1990 for the purpose of eliminating barriers to timely cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment, and supportive care. This booklet was developed by a national group of persons with breast cancer experience, cancer navigators. The concept of patient navigation was founded and pioneered by harold p. Patient navigator program national breast cancer foundation. Breast cancer with highlights from the 2017 san antonio breast cancer symposium download 502 kb treatment update. Review articles, published abstracts, conference proceedings, intervention manuals, and unpublished studies were excluded.
The toolkit also explores the importance of administrative engagement and standardized metrics for the development of a successful navigation. Becoming a breast cancer nurse navigator is an innovative new resource that guides nurses through the process of becoming a nurse navigator at breast cancer centers. If youre getting back on your feet following treatment, here are invaluable resources and advice, with many books, ebooks and material. This is the best book that i have read on the what now after breast cancer treatment.
A new resource for patients navigating breast cancer find. An invaluable book for breast cancer patients, navigating breast cancer. Navigating breast cancer the symptoms of stage 4 breast cancer stage 4 breast cancer is considered the most advanced stage and requires the most aggressive treatment. Breast cancer with highlights from the 2018 san antonio breast cancer symposium download 523 kb treatment update. Breast cancer now is a company limited by guarantee registered in england 9347608 and a charity registered in england and wales 1160558, scotland sc045584 and isle of man 1200. A guide for the newly diagnosed, second edition, author lillie shockney empowers breast cancer patients and their families by. Patient education publications national cancer institute. Breast cancer articles general information about breast cancer.
Pdf on oct 23, 2012, sheryl ness and others published the mayo clinic breast cancer book. Literature and books about breast cancer johns hopkins medicine. Each booklet, or information fact sheet, addresses a different aspect of cancer. We are the worlds leading publisher of books on cancer.
The patient navigation in cancer care toolkit examines the history and evolution of navigation, the core competencies, current models of navigation, and the role of the navigator along the care continuum. This is a wiki style group which will only become more useful as. The following books are a selection of practical guides to navigating breast cancer care and personal accounts. Download one or more of these booklets to your e book device, smartphone, or tablet for handy reference, or open them as a pdf directly in the browser. The updated and second edition of heal breast cancer naturally. Breast cancer is the abnormal growth of the cells lining the breast ducts or lobules.
Breast cancer publications medical board of california. These cells grow uncontrollably and have the potential to spread to other parts of the body. Lillie shockney this book provides key information on treatment options and the decisionmaking process. Whether you are a survivor, caregiver, family member, friend or part of an oncology team, this book. Treatment options for breast cancer navigating care. An invaluable guide for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients, c. On the basis of her library research into breast cancer treatment, she objected to the. Although this can happen at any time, most recurrences happen within 3 to 5 years. In this newly updated and revised edition of navigating breast cancer.
Patient navigation in breast cancer treatment and survivorship. Kristi funk has empowered women to reduce their breast cancer risk, reduce recurrence risk if youre a survivor, and educate you if you are newly diagnosed or living with the disease. The toolkit also explores the importance of administrative engagement and standardized metrics for the development of a successful navigation program. Get the information you need to understand your breast cancer diagnosis with details on the various types of breast cancer. Facing breast cancer as an orthodox jewish woman yiddish edition booklet. This is also critical to survival and early detection, and the medical community in the u. See the metastatic breast cancer section for information about treatment options for breast cancer that has spread to parts of the body outside the breast, chest wall, or nearby lymph nodes. Breast cancer may recur locally, regionally, or, it may recur in a more distant part of the body. To save the lives of women diagnosed with breast cancer and ensure timely and efficient delivery of breast care cancer services through quality and excellence in the navigation of a breast patient through their imaging andor cancer care and treatment. See the words to know section on page 23 to learn what a new word means and how to pronounce it. This book provides the reader with uptodate information on important advances in the understanding of breast cancer and innovative approaches to its management. Navigating the cancer continuum in the context of valuebased care. The cancer journals is a 1980 book of nonfiction by poet and activist audre lorde.
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