Understanding breast cancer
Audiobook
Published:
01 Oct 2023
Next review:
01 Oct 2026
Edition:
13
This audiobook explains breast cancer, covering the causes and symptoms, diagnosis, staging and grading, treatments and clinical trials. It also talks about emotional, practical and financial issues.
with ID: MAC11616
In this audiobook
- 1 Information about this audiobook and other support from Macmillan
- 2 Introduction
- 3 About breast cancer
- 4 Types of breast cancer
- 5 Finding out you have breast cancer
- 6 Staging and grading breast cancer
- 7 Treatment overview for breast cancer
- 8 How your treatment is planned
- 9 Surgery for breast cancer
- 10 Before and after surgery for breast cancer
- 11 Radiotherapy for breast cancer
- 12 Side effects and late effects of radiotherapy
- 13 Chemotherapy for breast cancer
- 14 Side effects of chemotherapy
- 15 Hormonal therapy and side effects of hormonal therapy
- 16 Targeted therapy for breast cancer
- 17 Biophosphonates
- 18 Follow-up after treatment for breast cancer
- 19 Effects after treatment for breast cancer
- 20 Well-being and recovery after treatment for breast cancer
- 21 Talking to children about cancer
- 22 Financial help and benefits
- 23 Work
- 24 About our information
- 25 Other ways we can help you
- 26 Other useful organisations
- 27 Further resources
- 28 Can you do something to help
- 29 Information about this recording
Published:
01 Oct 2023
Next review:
01 Oct 2026
Edition:
13
This audiobook explains breast cancer, covering the causes and symptoms, diagnosis, staging and grading, treatments and clinical trials. It also talks about emotional, practical and financial issues.
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