Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Breast Biology, Breast Cancer, and What to Expect When Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Chapter One: Can I talk to you about my personal relationship with my breasts?
Chapter Two: Cancer 101: What (breast) cancer is and how it makes your body betray you
Chapter Three: Diagnostics: Imaging, poking, and prodding to find breast cancer
Chapter Four: Tumor gene expression profiling and surgical options – excise and examine
Chapter Five: Radiation, chemotherapy, and molecularly targeted therapies – weapons of cancer destruction
Chapter Six: Cancer doesn’t discriminate, but we do: Disparities and cancer
Part II: My Breast Cancer Story
Chapter Seven: Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, or a cancer diagnosis
Chapter Eight: New boobs, new you? The toll breast cancer takes on your mental health and how to deal with it
Chapter Nine: I laugh in the face of cancer—a few funny stories
Part III: Science Savvy: Why You Should Listen to Your Doctor and Not Dave “Avocado Wolf,” Gwyneth Paltrow, or Darla Shine
Chapter Ten: Avoid the woo! How to spot scams and distinguish pseudoscience from what’s legit when it comes to breast cancer
Chapter Eleven: How to look past the sensational headlines and get the real scoop from science reporting
Chapter Twelve: The post-cancer feminist manifesto: Academic researcher edition
Chapter Thirteen: “Boring Science” and Why Chasing New and Shiny Isn’t Always the Best Goal
Part IV: Survivorship and Finding a New Normal
Chapter Fourteen: My condition is chronic, but my tits are iconic
Chapter Fifteen: Top ten things you can say/do when a friend/loved one is going through cancer, and what you should never say/do
Chapter Sixteen: Life goes on: Moving forward with humor and hope
Appendix
Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Author
