Straight Talk about Breast Cancer: From Diagnosis to Recovery

If so, perhaps you're still dealing with the emotional shock that comes with a cancer diagnosis. And, you're probably overwhelmed with questions. How extensive is the cancer? Will you need a mastectomy? Chemotherapy? Author Suzanne Braddock, M.D. understands how you feel. Even though she is a physician, she too was filled with such questions when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Once recovered from a double mastectomy and chemotherapy, Dr. Braddock was determined to help other women find answers to the pressing questions they often have after a diagnosis. In Straight Talk About Breast Cancer, Dr. Braddock answers such questions as: Breast self-examinations...how can they save your life? Regular mammograms...at what age? Breast lumps...when should you have a biopsy? How is breast cancer staged? What is a sentinel node biopsy? What to expect from treatment-surgery, chemotherapy, radiation? Breast reconstruction...now or later? What does reconstruction look like? Hereditary breast cancer...are you or your daughters at risk?