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Breast Cancer

How to Search for Library Books:

• Go to the catalog and click on search
• Select subject search from the dropdown menu
• Use the terms cancer or breast cancer

Where to Look:

• All the breast cancer resources are in one area! Look for the numbers 616.99 in our nonfiction collection.

Books at Blackwater Regional Library:

New Materials (October 2008)

• Understanding Breast Cancer Genetics / Barbara T. Zimmerman, Ph.D.
• Breast Cancer: The Complete Guide / Yashar Hirshaut and Peter Pressman
• Cancer Is A Bitch / Gail Konop Baker

Memoirs

• Why I wore lipstick / Geralyn Lucas
• Lopsided : how having breast cancer can be really distracting / Meredith Norton
• Uplift : secrets from the sisterhood of breast cancer survivors / Barbara Delinsky
• Dear God, they say it's cancer : a companion guide for women on the breast cancer journey / Janet Thompson
• Living through breast cancer : what a Harvard doctor and survivor wants you to know about getting the best care while preserving your self-image / Carolyn M. Kaelin with Francesca Coltrera

Prevention

• The breast cancer prevention diet : the powerful foods, supplements, and drugs that can save your life / Robert Arnot
• The breast cancer prevention program / Samuel S. Epstein and David Steinman ; with Suzanne LeVert

Guides

• Breast Cancer: the complete guide/ 2004 . [616.99449 Hir]
• The Breast Cancer Care Book: a survival guide for patients and loved ones. [616.99449 Kno]
• Breast Cancer Q & A: insightful answers to the 100 most frequently asked questions. [616.99449 Pfe]
• Breast Cancer: the facts you need to know about diagnosis, treatment, and beyond. [616.99 Kel]
• The Breast Cancer Survival Manual: a step-by-step guide for the woman with newly diagnosed breast cancer. [616.99449 Lin]
• Fighting for Our Future: how young women find strength, hope, and courage while taking control of breast cancer. [616.99 Mur]
• Bathsheba's Breast: women, cancer, and history. [616.99449 Ols]
• Breast cancer answers : empowering & encouraging patients & their caregivers / Judy King
• Breast cancer clear & simple : all your questions answered / from the experts at the American Cancer Society

Spouses

• Breast cancer husband : how to help your wife (and yourself) through diagnosis, treatment, and beyond / Marc Silver
• When your wife has breast cancer : a story of love, courage, and survival / Mark S. Weiss

Health & Wellness Resource Center: [from the library] [from home]

• Includes articles from health and fitness magazines and scholarly medical journals, medical dictionary and encyclopedias, health organization directory, health news, drug and herb finder, alternative health resources, and health assessment tools.

Websites:

• American Cancer Society
• National Cancer Institute: Breast Cancer Topics
• The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
• Y-Me Breast Cancer Organization
• Food & Drug Administration: Mammography Facilities
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
• National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
• American Cancer Society: Cancer Survivors Network