Main 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:

What Is Breast Cancer?

Signs and Symptoms

Types of Breast Cancer

NEW! Receptors in Breast Cancer

Screening

Risk Factors for Breast Cancer

Staging

Illustrations included:

Primary anatomical illustration now incorporates illustrations and labels of different types of cancer

Revised staging illustrations using a variety of skin tones

Fully revised illustrations and explanations of the most common types of the disease, including DCIS, IDC, LCIS, and ILC

NEW! 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