Challenging the Breast Cancer Legacy: A Program of Emotional Support and Medical Care for Women at Risk - Hardcover

Breast cancer is the number-one killer of women ages 30 to 50, with over 44,000 dying of it in 1991. What makes this book unique is its intended audience : women at risk for breast cancer, not those with it. Based on studies at the Georgetown University Comprehensive Breast Center, this guide makes a valuable and timely contribution to high-risk women by offering a systematic program of medical and emotional self-care that focuses on, among other things, early detection, diet, exercise, and methods for reducing risk of the disease. Read in conjunction with Paul Kuehn's Breast Care Options for the 1990s ( LJ 8/91), this well-documented and well-reasearched work could make a potentially life-saving difference to the two million women at risk. Recommended highly.
-Janet M. Coggan, Univ. of Florida Libs., Gainesville
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