Contemporary issues in breast cancer :  a nursing perspective / 
[edited by] Karen Hassey Dow. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - xvi, 349 páginas :  ilustraciones 
 - Jones and Bartlett series in oncology .
<br/><br/>Incluye bibliografía. 
<br/><br/>Incidence, epidemiology, and survival -- Nongenetic and heritable risk factors -- Prevention strategies -- Screening and early detection -- Diagnosis and staging -- Surgery techniques -- Reconstructive surgery -- Radiation therapy -- Adjuvant chemotherapy -- Hormonal therapy -- Targeted therapy and treatment of recurrent and metastatic breast cancer -- Hormonal therapy in advanced and metastatic disease -- Acute side effect management -- Fatigue, sleep disturbance, and pain -- Lymphedema -- Menopausal symptoms -- Late physical effects of cancer treatment -- African American women & breast cancer -- Asian women and breast cancer -- Support and survivorship issues -- End of life and palliative care. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0763714828 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mamas--Cáncer.<br/>Mamas--Neoplasmas.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.99449  / C761 2004