The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer
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  • Published: 3 November 2024
  • ISBN: 9781785045417
  • Imprint: Vermilion
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $42.99

The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer

How to Feel Empowered and Take Control

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EBook
20 Sep 2018
Audiobook
4 Apr 2019
Tr. Paperback
3 Nov 2024
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The first all-encompassing, evidence-based breast cancer book written by two outstanding doctors who have both recovered from breast cancer - now with updated and inclusive material.

NEW UPDATED EDITION

The book you can trust to support you at every stage of your treatment - and beyond

The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer combines the authors’ experiences as patients and as doctors to provide a trusted and thorough source of information for you and your family. Designed to empower you during your breast cancer treatment, it covers:

-Simple explanations of breast cancer treatments
-Staying healthy during and after treatment
-Coping with the emotional burden
-Advice about sex and relationships
-Dealing with the fear of recurrence
-Living with secondary breast cancer
-A new chapter on disability and breast cancer

Filled with all the things the authors wished they’d known when they were diagnosed, and tips on how to cope with surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and beyond, this is the essential book to guide you through your breast cancer diagnosis.

'A much needed guide which is both humane and based on robust evidence.' – Macmillan Cancer Support
  • Published: 3 November 2024
  • ISBN: 9781785045417
  • Imprint: Vermilion
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $42.99
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About the authors

Trisha Greenhalgh

Professor Trisha Greenhalgh is a GP and internationally recognised academic who works as a senior professor at the University of Oxford and has appeared on Woman's Hour and The Today Programme. She is the author of over 400 academic papers and 15 textbooks, including the bestselling book How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine.

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Liz O’Riordan

Liz O'Riordan is a Consultant Oncoplastic Surgeon who blogs about her experiences as a doctor and patient here: liz.oriordan.co.uk. She has written articles for the Huffington Post, Macmillan, The Pool and Grazia. Her TEDx talk is called ‘Jar of Joy’.

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Praise for The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer

A compendium of amazing answers to all the questions you'd want to ask.

Jon Snow, Channel 4 News

A comprehensive breast cancer resource

Breast Cancer Now

A must-read for anyone with breast cancer

Amy Dowden
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