Dr. Susan Love's breast book

Introduction to the seventh edition

Part one: The healthy breast and common problems. The breast

Common breast problems

Part two: What causes breast cancer and how do we prevent it?. Biology of cancer

Hereditary breast cancer

Understanding risk

Prevention and risk reduction

Part three: Finding breast cancer. Screening

Diagnosis

Part four: Decisions. Coping with a breast cancer diagnosis

What kind of breast cancer do I have?

Decisions about treatment

Special situations and populations

Part four: Treatment in the age of personalized medicine. Local treatment : surgery

Local treatment : radiation therapy

Systemic therapy : chemotherapy, hormones, targeted therapies, and immunology

Systemic therapy : lifestyle changes and complementary treatments

Part six: After treatment. Follow-up

After breast cancer treatment : living with collateral damage

Part seven: Recurrence of breast cancer. When cancer comes back

Living with recurrence

Epilogue: Eradicating breast cancer : politics and research

Appendix A: Resources

Appendix B: Pathology checklist.