Breast cancer:The Facts is a concise and accessible guide to breast cancer aimed at patients and their families. Patients newly diagnosed will find it a valuable resource for background information. It will help them to cope following a diagnosis, and give them the knowledge to make informed decisions about their treatments. The clear layout of the book will mean it can be dipped into to answer specific queries and to access sources of more detailed information
from, for example, the Internet or other written texts.The book aims to cover all aspects of the diagnosis and management of breast cancer, focusing on the patient journey, but including some
special circumstances such as women at high risk, menopause and fertility after treatment, breast cancer associated with pregnancy, the role of clinical research and psychosocial aspects of diagnosis and survival.