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The threat of breast cancer concerns all women. Those who rely on media reports of various risk factors find they often contain information that is confusing, contradictory, incomplete, and not relevant to individual risk. Patricia T. Kelly, a medical geneticist who specializes in breast cancer risk assessment and counseling, has brought together materials from the fields of genetics, medicine, epidemiology, sociology, and counseling to provide a guide to breast cancer risk analysis that is accessible to both health care providers and patients. By addressing the social as well as the scientific aspects of breast cancer risk, this book helps health care professionals to better guide and inform their patients. Understanding Breast Cancer presents the most up to date information about genetic and environmental factors that are either known or believed to influence the risk of breast cancer. Kelly discusses: how to interpret and clarify study results and statistics womenâs personal fears and beliefs the importance of understanding how each patient defines the disease special concerns of those who have a family history of cancer, benign breast disease, or questions about hormones the active role women should take in devising their own breast health program useful strategies and methods of effective communication to help patients put their risk into perspective and achieve appropriate breast health care This concise, clearly written book enables health care professionals to assess factors that contribute to breast cancer risk; to alleviate fears; to dispel myths about risk factors such as age, family history, diet, stress, and personality; and to help patients achieve an individual and comprehensive view of personal risk and appropriate breast health care. Author note: Patricia T. Kelly, Ph.D. is a medical geneticist who has specialized in providing Cancer Risk Analysis in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than ten years. She is the director of the Cancer Risk Analysis service at Childrenâs Hospital of San Francisco and the author of Dealing with Dilemma: A Manual for Genetic Counselors.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction: The Book, Its Audience and Purpose 1. The Patient's Perspective Beliefs about Causes of Cancer Finding a Breast Lump Coping with Fear and Concern Risk Perceptions When a Mother Has Breast Cancer 2. Evaluation of Breast Cancer Risk Risk Analysis Procedure Average Woman's Breast Cancer Risk Evaluating Studies 3. Benign Breast "Disease" and Non-Invasive "Cancers" Benign Breast "Disease" Duct Carcinoma In Situ Lobular Carcinoma In Situ 4. Lifestyle and History Diet Alcohol Consumption Cigarette Smoking Reproductive History Stress and Personality 5. Exogenous Hormones Oral Contraceptives Replacement Hormones DES (Diethylstilbestrol) 6. Family History and Genetics Breast Cancer Risk Analysis Simple or Mendelian Inheritance Interaction Between Genes and Environment Gene Probes or Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms (RFLP) Oncogenes 7. Helping Patients with a Breast Concern Defining Prudent Breast Health Care Counseling and Health Education Techniques Epilogue: Breast Cancer Risk Analysis Today and in the Future Appendix A: Breast Cancer Risk Analysis Services Appendix B: Patient Education Resources Appendix C: Further Reading References Cited Index

Review :
"A unique melding of a critical review and analysis of the scientific evidence as well as practical guidelines for counseling patients where decisions between various therapeutic options have no mandated resolution." --David L. Page, M.D., Director of Anatomic Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine "Concerns about breast cancer cause many women extreme anxiety about their symptoms and risk factors. Patricia Kelly's book provides an approach to assessing risk and developing a breast health plan that is practical and acceptable to both the patient and her health care team." --Sharon Green, Executive Director, Y-Me, National Organization for Breast Cancer Information and Support


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  • ISBN-13: 9780877228127
  • Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
  • Publisher Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S.
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Health Society and Policy
  • ISBN-10: 0877228124
  • Publisher Date: 17 Apr 1991
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 277


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