Living Through Breast Cancer: What a Harvard Doctor and Survivor Wants You to Know about Getting the Best Care While Preserving Your Self-Image

Winner of two prestigious American Medical Writers Association awards

A compassionate guide to surviving breast cancer from a doctor who has experienced it from both sides of the stethoscope

In addition to being a leading national breast cancer expert and a highly respected cancer surgeon, Dr. Carolyn Kaelin also is a breast cancer survivor. In Living Through Breast Cancer she draws upon her experiences as both doctor and patient to offer you a priceless source of understanding, support, and guidance on coping with and beating breast cancer.

Dr. Kaelin's warm, authoritative guidance will help you:

• Understand your diagnosis and choose a care team
• Identify your treatment options and make informed decisions
• Look and feel your best during and after treatment
• Maintain good health after breast cancer
• Lower your chances of a recurrence of breast cancer
  
  Author: Carolyn Kaelin
  Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
  Published: 08/01/2006
  Pages: 384
  Binding Type: Paperback
  Weight: 1.06lbs
  Size: 8.78h x 5.74w x 1.00d
  ISBN: 9780071478809
  

  About the Author
  

  Carolyn M. Kaelin, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, is the director of the Comprehensive Breast Health Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a surgical oncologist at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. She is a recipient of the prestigious Mary Horrigan Connor Award for Outstanding Contributions to Women's Health.

  Francesca Coltrera is a medical writer who has covered women's health for well over a decade. She is a frequent contributor to Harvard Health Publications and has written for Redbook, Self, and the Boston Herald.

  
  

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