Description
Understanding Breast Cancer, Fourth Edition, provides essential information about the most common form of cancer in women. This easy-to-understand, highly illustrated chart has been extensively revised, bringing it up to date with current guidelines. The fourth edition includes a new section on receptors in breast cancer, additional types of breast cancer, illustrations that depict a wide variety of skin tones, and more.
Featured sections:
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What Is Breast Cancer?
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Signs and Symptoms
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Types of Breast Cancer
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Receptors in Breast Cancer
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Screening
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Risk Factors for Breast Cancer
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Staging
Illustrations included:
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Primary anatomical illustration now incorporates illustrations and labels of different types of cancer
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Revised staging illustrations using a variety of skin tones
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Fully revised illustrations and explanations of the most common types of the disease, including DCIS, IDC, LCIS, and ILC
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Receptors illustrations, including hormone receptors (HR) and HER2 receptors and how they relate to treatment
20" x 26" heavy paper laminated with grommets at top corners
Made in the United States.
