PathfinderBreast Cancer

a guide to finding library materials

What is breast cancer?a malignant disease of breast tissue. Initial symptoms, found in most cases by self-ex-amination, include a small painless lump, thick or dimpled skin, or nipple retraction.Surgical treatment may be a lumpectomy or mastectomy, with removal of some orall of the lymph nodes in the arm pit. Radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or both,are often prescribed.

BOOKS

A to Z of Breast Cancer WP 13 T939ebAfter Breast Cancer: a common sense guide to life after treatment WP 870 S361aAfter Breast Cancer: answers to questions you’re afraid to ask WP 870 M468aBe a Survivor: your guide to breast cancer WP 870 L274bBreast Cancer and the Post-Surgical Body: recovering the self WP 870 C945bBreast Cancer Book: what you need to know to makeinformed decisions WP 870 G852b

Breast Cancer Recovery: no one wrote a manual WP 870 P123bBreast Cancer Survival Manual WP 870 L756bDr. Susan Love’s Breast Book WP 870 L897dGenetic Testing for Breast Cancer Risk: it’s your choice WP 870 G328Living in the Postmastectomy Body WP 870 Z94LLiving through Breast Cancer WP 870 K11LNavigating Breast Cancer: a guide for the newly diagnosed WP 870 S559cShow Me: a photo collection of breast cancer survivors WP 870 S559Surgery Choices for Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer WP 870 S961When Mommy Had a Mastectomy PZ 7 G855Whe

Here are a few titles on this topic you will find in the Junior Board Cancer ResourceLibrary.

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VIDEOS

After Your Mastectomy WP 910 A258What I Wish I Knew WP 870 W555Woman to Woman: breast cancer and reconstruction options WP 870 W8723WomenStories: breast cancer survivor video series WP 870 B828827

COMPUTER PROGRAM

Understanding Breast Cancer WP 870 U55

WEB RESOURCES

American Cancer Society - Breast Reconstruction after Mastectomyhttp://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_6X_Breast_Reconstruction_After_Mastectomy_5.asp

American Cancer Society - Treatment Decision Toolshttp://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/eto_1_1a.asp

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Overview & diagnosis of breast cancerhttp://www.cancer.net/patient/Cancer+Types/Breast+Cancer

Breast Cancer.orghttp://www.breastcancer.org/Developed by Dr. Marisa Weiss, a Philadelphia area oncologist specializing in breast cancer.

Christiana Care’s Cancer Resource Library’s Breast Cancer Linkshttp://www.christianacare.org/body.cfm?id=617

MEDLINEplus - Breast Cancerhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/breastcancer.htmlMEDLINEplus - Male Breast Cancerhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/malebreastcancer.htmlMEDLINEplus - Tutorial on Breast Cancerhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/breastcancer/htm/index.htmMEDLINEplus - Tutorial on Breast Lump Biopsyhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/breastlumpsbiopsy/htm/index.htmMEDLINEplus - Tutorial on Mammographyhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/mammogram/htm/index.htm

My Biopsy.orghttp://www.cap.org/apps/docs/reference/myBiopsy/index2.htmlExplanations of biopsy results. Sponsored by College of American Pathologists.

NCI/PDQ Breast Cancer Treatmenthttp://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/breast/patientNCI/PDQ Male Breast Cancer Treatmenthttp://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/malebreast/patientNCI/PDQ Breast Cancer & Pregnancyhttp://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/breast-cancer-and-pregnancy/patient

NEWSLETTERS, MAGAZINES, JOURNALSIn our library, all periodicals are located on the slanted display shelves. They are arranged inalphabetical order.

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