The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer How to Feel Empowered and Take Control

by Greenhalgh, Trisha

• ISBN13: 9781785045417
• ISBN10: 1785045415
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-06-17
• Publisher: Vermilion

Summary

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

Author Biography

Trisha Greenhalgh is a retired GP and an internationally recognized academic who works as a professor at the University of Oxford. She has appeared on Woman's Hour and The Today Programme and 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.

Liz O’Riordan is a retired breast surgeon, known for her work in breast cancer awareness by openly discussing her personal experiences in being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer. She has written articles for the Huffington Post, Macmillan, The Pool and Grazia. Her TEDx talk is called ‘Jar of Joy’.