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Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

One of the first books exclusively for women facing hormone-negative breast cancer
Author Patricia Prijatel tells the story of her own diagnosis and treatment and includes her full pathology report with annotations to help readers understand their own
Describes the science behind the disease and its treatment in clear, accessible prose
Endorsed by Medical Advisory Board: breast surgeon Carl Scott-Conner, MD, PHD; pathologist Renee Ellerbroek, MD; clinical trial coordinator Madlyn Ferraro, RN; and health and fitness specialist Rochelle Kirwan, RD

$33.95

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Published: 01 November 2012

256 Pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

ISBN: 9780195387629

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Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

Description

After her diagnosis of hormone-negative breast cancer, health journalist Patricia Prijatel did what any reporter would do: start investigating the disease, how it occurs, how it's treated, and how to keep it from recurring. While she learned that important research on triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) was emerging, she found a noticeable lack of resources on the disease, which differs from hormone-positive breast cancer in important ways, including prognosis and treatment options. Triple-negative breast cancer disproportionately affects younger women and African-American women-and some forms of it can be more dangerous than other types of breast cancer. But there are many reasons to be hopeful, as Prijatel shows in this book.

Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer delivers research-based information on the biology of TNBC; the role of genetics, family history, and race; how to navigate treatment options; understanding a pathology report; and a plethora of strategies to reduce the risk of recurrence, including diet and lifestyle changes. In clear, approachable language, Prijatel provides a fact-filled guide based on a vast array of scientific studies. Woven throughout the book are stories of women who have faced TNBC. These are mothers, wives, daughters, and sisters who went through a variety of medical treatments and then got on with life--one competes in triathlons, two had babies after being treated with chemo, one got remarried in her 50s, and one just celebrated the 30th birthday of the son she was nursing when she was diagnosed.

Writing with honesty and humor, Prijatel delivers an inspiring message--that TNBC is a disease to take seriously, with proper and occasionally aggressive treatment, but it is not automatically a killer. Most women diagnosed with the disease survive and go on to live full lives. Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer is a roadmap for women who want to be empowered through their treatment and recovery.

Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

Reviews and Awards

"Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer is a clear and comprehensive guide, a useful companion to anyone traveling the path of a hormone-negative breast cancer diagnosis. Patricia Prijatel's tone is that of a gentle authority, as one who has made the journey and is living disease-free. Her research is thorough; her perspective, genuine. Although today, there are no targeted therapies, she focuses on current promising possibilities within the patient's control, such as diet modification and weight loss. Patricia shares her valuable knowledge generously, relaying a hopeful message." -- Lori Redmer, Executive Director, Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation

"A wonderful blend of memoir, health information, and hope." -- Julie Silver, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, and author of What Helped Get Me Through: Cancer Survivors Share Wisdom and Hope(American Cancer Society)

"The voice of a true friend echoes throughout these pages. I congratulate [the author] on a monumental achievement. She has distilled a great deal of information down to a highly readable volume." -- Carol EH Scott-Conner, Professor of Surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

"With its blending of facts, personal information, and gentle humor, this book will be valuable to anyone diagnosed with breast cancer, whether triple-negative or not." -- Madlyn Ferraro, former network coordinator of cancer clinical trials, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

"Prijatel's journalistic skills are evident in her fluid prose and the detail with which she lays out the specifics of TNBC . . . She states her goal here is to 'inform, educate, calm, and encourage.' She does so in fine form. Highly recommended." --Library Journal, starred review

"This well-written and informative book would certainly benefit anyone whose life has been touched by triple-negative breast cancer. It is written by a journalist who clearly knows how to research information, and she explains the most important messages in terms that readers of most educational backgrounds can understand without overwhelming them." -- Sandra Joy Peacock, University of New Mexico Cancer Center, Doody's

Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

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Questioning the health of others and ourselves

By Patricia Prijatel A little evergreen tree has died alongside our road and, as we walked by it yesterday, my husband wondered why. All the other trees around it are healthy and it did not look like it had been hit by lightning or damaged by wind or attacked by bugs. The tree is about six feet tall, so it lived several years. We are in the Rocky Mountains and this little guy took root on its own, growing precariously in that place by the road.

Posted on January 1, 2013

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The triple-negative diet to fight breast cancer

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we've pulled the following excerpt from Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Hope, Treatment, and Recovery by Patricia Prijatel. She provides a quick guide on how to eat healthy in order to better fight the disease.

Posted on October 9, 2012

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Watch your cancer language

By Patricia Prijatel People who have lived through cancer just want to get on with their lives'head into the future like everybody else, free of cancer, free of its memory. That's why the labels others affix to us can make us especially testy. Take, for example, the label survivor.

Posted on October 14, 2012

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Just what is triple-negative breast cancer?

By Patricia Prijatel The big news this week comes from the Cancer Genome Atlas program, which has announced a strong molecular connection between basal-like breast cancer tumors and ovarian cancer. The news stories I have read on the topic provide a great deal of hope for women with basal-like cancers. But the hope is, unfortunately, buried in a greater deal of confusion.

Posted on September 27, 2012

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Fighting Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

According to Breastcancer.org, about one in eight U.S. women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime. It is a complicated disease that takes different forms -- one of the most confounding being Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Patricia Prijatel, a nationally published magazine writer and an award-winning teacher, was diagnosed with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) in 2006.

Posted on October 5, 2012

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Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

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Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

One of the first books exclusively for women facing hormone-negative breast cancer
Author Patricia Prijatel tells the story of her own diagnosis and treatment and includes her full pathology report with annotations to help readers understand their own
Describes the science behind the disease and its treatment in clear, accessible prose
Endorsed by Medical Advisory Board: breast surgeon Carl Scott-Conner, MD, PHD; pathologist Renee Ellerbroek, MD; clinical trial coordinator Madlyn Ferraro, RN; and health and fitness specialist Rochelle Kirwan, RD

$33.95

Hardcover

Published: 01 November 2012

256 Pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

ISBN: 9780195387629

Also Available As:

Ebook

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Connect with OUP

Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

Description

Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

Reviews and Awards

Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

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Alison J. Black, Rena Sandison, and David M. Reid
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Family matters

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Gary H. Lyman
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Fourth Edition

Stanley Rachman and Padmal de Silva
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Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

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Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

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Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

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Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

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Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

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Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

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Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

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Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

Description

Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

Table of Contents

Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

Author Information

Contributors:

Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

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Surviving Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Hope, Treatment, and Recovery

Patricia Prijatel and Foreword by Carol Scott-Conner

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