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Talking to my tatas : all you need to know from a breast cancer researcher and survivor / Dana Brantley-Sieders.
Holman Biotech Commons RC280.B8 B647 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brantley-Sieders, Dana, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Breast--Cancer--Patients--United States--Biography.
- Breast.
- Breast--Cancer--Patients.
- United States.
- Breast--Cancer--Patients--Treatment.
- Health.
- Brantley-Sieders, Dana--Health.
- Brantley-Sieders, Dana.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- HEALTH & FITNESS / Women's Health^HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Cancer.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 279 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2022]
- Summary:
- "Provides accessible science and health information for the love of your boobs, especially when they have cancer. Dana Brantley-Seiders spent twenty years working as a biomedical breast cancer researcher. Then, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She thought she knew breast cancer before it whacked her upside her left boob and left her bleeding on the curb of uncertainty. Turns out, she had a lot to learn. This book shares Brantley-Seiders' personal journey with breast cancer, from the laboratory bench to her own bedside, and provides accessible information about breast cancer biology for non-scientists. Talking to My Tatas: All You Need to Know from a Breast Cancer Researcher and Survivor, offers accurate, evidence-based science that is accessible to all readers, including the more than three hundred thousand individuals diagnosed with breast cancer every year, their caregivers, and their loved ones. Knowledge is power, and lack of it can lead to overtreatment, unnecessary pain and suffering, and even death. By demystifying the process from mammograms, biopsies, pathology, and diagnostics, to surgical options, tumor genomic testing, and new treatment options, Brantley-Seiders aims to arm breast cancer patients with the tools they need to battle this disease with a healthy dose of humor, grace, and hope"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Breast Biology, Breast Cancer, and What to Expect with a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
- ch. 1 Can I Talk to You about My Personal Relationship with My Breasts?
- ch. 2 Cancer 101: What (Breast) Cancer Is and How It Makes Your Body Betray You
- ch. 3 Diagnostics: Imaging, Poking, and Prodding to Find Breast Cancer
- ch. 4 Tumor Gene-Expression Profiling and Surgical Options: Excise and Examine
- ch. 5 Radiation, Chemotherapy, and Molecularly Targeted Therapies: Weapons of Cancer Destruction
- ch. 6 Cancer Doesn't Discriminate, But We Do: Disparities and Cancer
- pt. II My Breast Cancer Story
- ch. 7 Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition, Or A Cancer Diagnosis
- ch. 8 New Boobs, New You? The Toll Breast Cancer Takes on Your Mental Health and How to Deal with It
- ch. 9 I Laugh in the Face of Cancer: A Few Funny Stories
- pt. III Science Savvy: Why You Should Listen to Your Doctor and Not Dave "Avocado" Wolfe, Gwyneth Paltrow, or Darla Shine
- ch. 10 Avoid the Woo! How to Spot Scams and Distinguish Pseudoscience from What's Legit When It Comes to Breast Cancer
- ch. 11 How to Look Past the Sensational Headlines and Get the Real Scoop from Science Reporting
- ch. 12 The Postcancer Feminist Manifesto: Academic-Researcher Edition
- ch. 13 "Boring Science" and Why Chasing New and Shiny Isn't Always the Best Goal
- pt. IV Survivorship and Finding a New Normal
- ch. 14 My Condition Is Chronic, but My Tits Are Iconic
- ch. 15 The Top Ten Things You Can Say or Do When a Friend or Loved One Is Going Through Cancer, and What You Should Never Say or Do
- ch. 16 Life Goes On: Moving Forward with Humor and Hope.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Michael K. Schaefer Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Brantley-Sieders, Dana. Talking to my tatas
- ISBN:
- 9781538155103
- 1538155109
- OCLC:
- 1257548312
- Publisher Number:
- 99990149612
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