Description: The diagnosis of breast cancer is terrifying and traumatic to any woman who hears it. This is a book about breast cancer, but, as Erma Bombeck notes, it is not like other cancer books on the market. The ten authors include a nurse, an emergency physician, a real-estate broker, a company director, an attorney, the executive director of a national organization, a television producer, a social psychologist, a college professor, and a community relations coordinator. Each of these busy, professional women participated in a study that showed that their positions in the workplace actually affected the way they reacted to their diagnosis. The decisions they made, their approach to therapy, the way they coped -- all were related to their experience on the job. Through their stories, Breast Cancer? shows that it is possible to face this disease while still living a productive, full life.

In addition to exploring the uncertainty, the fear, and the rage that women commonly feel after diagnosis, Breast Cancer? offers step-by-step tactics for regaining control, finding a health care team, choosing treatments, locating support groups, and handling the emotional, sexual, and occupational impact of the disease. This practical information, coupled with these women's remarkable voices, makes this book an essential resource for any woman facing a diagnosis of breast cancer.

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