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Each year, over 200,000 women in the US will be told they have breast cancer. All face surgery, and most undergo radiation, chemotherapy and hormonal treatment. But the worry isn't over when treatment ends. Women are left with nagging questions, questions they often are afraid to ask: When will I know that I am cured? Shouldn't my doctor be doing more follow-up testing? What are the real figures on breast cancer survival today? How would I know if...

"Becoming a Breast Cancer Nurse Navigator offers nurses an invaluable resource and guide to nurse "navigation," a burgeoning field in oncology aimed at coordinating care - a service more and more patients are asking breast centers to provide." "Author Lillie D. Shockney - pioneering nurse navigator and two-time cancer survivor - explains all aspects of the role, including how to implement a program, how to become a successful navigator, and why the...

In the early nineteenth century in the United States, cancer in the breast was a rare disease. Now it seems that breast cancer is everywhere. Written by a medical historian who is also a doctor, Unnatural History tells how and why this happened. Rather than there simply being more disease, breast cancer has entered the bodies of so many American women and the concerns of nearly all the rest, mostly as a result of how we have detected, labeled, and...