NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cancer is a growing endemic that have exterminated millions of people all over the world. It has many types, and it could affect anybody regardless of age, sex, color, and status of living. According to science and medicine, this disease starts on a single abnormal cell that begins to divide without control to ultimately result in the formation of a cancerous lump. Bringing into focus, breast cancer is only one of the most common diseases among women and its progressive development is alarming. Hence, Dr. Samuel Pilnik, M.D. has written his book that tackles ALL ABOUT THE BREAST.
How do you care about your breast? And what do you know about breast cancer? ALL ABOUT THE BREAST is an illustrative guide for mothers, daughters, and sisters to understand the numerous problems women may develop at any age from the year she commences her fertility, through and post-menopausal years. This guide will help women deal with the common breast lesions and identify the differences between a lump, a nodule, or a thickening. It discusses about the importance of self-examination, the different types of breast cancer and their risks, the probable causes, and the observable symptoms of having the disease. Packed with the relevant issues concerning the subject, it also informs the readers of the different treatment options - surgical, radiation, chemotherapy, and hormonal, with additional section on breast reconstruction. ALL ABOUT THE BREAST provides awareness about the havoc this illness could bring not only to women, but for men as well. Not only should the women take time to read this book, though the possibility is low, men could also get this disease so they must also be mindful of their health.
Let this book offer you bright ideas and insights ALL ABOUT THE BREAST and on how to understand and recognize the presence and development of breast cancer. For more information, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Dr. Samuel Pilnik is an Attending Breast Surgeon and an Honorary Consultant at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City and an Associate Professor of Surgery at New York Medical College. His practice has been devoted to surgical breast oncology. Over the course of his career, this Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the International College of surgeons has treated more than 14,000 patients with breast disease, and lectured locally and abroad.
ALL ABOUT THE BREAST * by Samuel Pilnik, M.D.
An Illustrative Guide for Mothers, Daughters, and Sisters
Publication Date: September 8, 2009
Trade Paperback; $23.99; 431 pages; 978-1-4363-8787-3
Cloth Hardback; $34.99; 431 pages; 978-1-4363-8788-0
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