Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book has been considered the bible of breast-care books since it appeared in 1990. In 1995, Love completely updated the book in a 600-page second edition, including new biopsy and screening methods, implants, the pros and cons of hormone therapy, new discoveries in breast-cancer treatment, and many other topics. Every chapter has been rewritten, with the exception of the anatomy chapter ("The breast, I'm glad to report, is still located on the chest!"). Love presents copious medical information in a simple, welcoming style, and plentiful illustrations make the information even clearer. About two-thirds of the book deals with breast cancer: risk factors, prevention, screening, diagnosis, staging, emotions, treatment options, surgery, alternative treatments, clinical trials, and more. But the book isn't just about breast cancer. It's also about breast development, physiology, bras, nursing, sexuality--if it has to do with breasts, Love discusses it. Love also debunks breast myths: underwire bras do not cause cancer, neither do bruises or injuries; "fibrocystic disease" isn't really a disease. The book includes a wealth of resources: books, treatment centers, and organizations (but no Web sites--perhaps in the third edition?). --Joan Price


From Publishers Weekly
This second edition of Love and Lindsey's comprehensive 1990 title has been so thoroughly revised that, Love notes, only the anatomy chapter remains untouched: "The breast, I'm glad to report, is still located on the chest!" New information includes that on mammography screening, the breast cancer gene, the metastatic phase of breast cancer, the connection between mind and body, prevention and the importance of political awareness and action. Also updated are discussions of every conceivable aspect of the breast: from its health and development to such common concerns as normal tissue lumpiness and breast feeding, to issues surrounding breast cancer-its screening, diagnosis, causes, treatment, prevention and the directions of current research. Hormone therapy, silicone implants, breast biopsy, lumpectomy, reconstruction and bone-marrow transplants are also explained. With Lindsey (Friends as Family), Love, who is director of the Comprehensive Breast Center, associate professor of clinical surgery at UCLA School of Medicine and co-founder of the National Breast Cancer Coalition, offers a highly readable book that educates, supports and encourages women to become their own advocates of breast health. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Chicago Tribune
"After a breast-cancer diagnosis, most women call a specialist. Then, to understand it all, they consult Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book...authoritative, understandable, reassuring."


Newsday
"One of the most complete and trustworthy books ever published on breast care."


Journal of the American Medical Association
"Like a good teacher, Dr. Love is able to impart the vast knowledge that she has in the language of her audience...Dr. Love gets the facts across...in a reassuring and compassionate manner."


Philadelphia Inquirer
"Information-packed...a must-have for many women."


Book Description
From America's best-known authority on women's health, a new edition of the book the New York Times calls "the Bible for women with breast cancer". The landscape of breast cancer has changed. New, non-invasive diagnostic techniques, new knowledge about prevention, new genetics, new treatments, new alternative and complementary resources are beginning to turn breast cancer into a chronic and perhaps preventable disease. Dr. Susan Love, whose earlier work has won the trust of women all over this country and abroad, has entirely revised her indispensable guide to reflect the very latest information. Readers of Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book will learn of the recent breakthroughs in genetic research, of Dr. Love's own work in developing a less invasive and highly accurate diagnostic technique, of the latest studies into preventive measures such as tamoxifen and dietary strategies, and of promising outcomes from new treatments for metastatic cancer. In the same warm, supportive, and often delightfully candid tone that has brought confidence to millions of women, Dr. Love helps each reader plan her own path through diagnosis, treatment options, and the changing world of HMO's and insurance. She also offers sound advice about combining alternative self-care with topnotch medical help.


From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for Women; review by PCP
The best book on breasts, and the one really indispensable book for women dealing with breast cancer, this one gets our golden globes award. Dr. Susan Love has a prestigious clinical and academic background, is a scientist, a surgeon, a professor and the best known breast cancer authority in the U.S. Her breast book simply tells you everything about breasts, covering the healthy breast, breast self-examination, breastfeeding and common problems of the breast in the first two parts of the book. The rest, and greater part, of the book covers breast cancer-exhaustively. This is the doctor that will answer all your questions, explain the gibberish that is your biopsy results, give you the real scoop on those alleged wonder drugs, and generally give you all the information you will need to communicate with your own doctor-who may not be such a love. While Susan gives only a cursory glance at alternative therapies, and advises against using non-traditional healing exclusively, she considers choice of treatment to be a highly personal matter, and suggests only that decisions be as well informed as possible.


Book Info
(Perseus Publishing) Univ. of California, Los Angeles. Consumer guide reflects latest breakthroughs in genetic research, preventive measures, risk factors, outcomes for new treatments, and more. Previous edition: c1995. Softcover.


About the Author
Susan M. Love, M.D., MBA, lives in Pacific Palisades, California. She is a member of the faculty of UCLA School of Medicine and Director of the Santa Barbara Breast Cancer Institute. A trusted authority on women's health, she was appointed by President Clinton to the National Cancer Advisory Board and is a Board Member of the National Breast Cancer Coalition. Karen Lindsey is co-author of several books, including all editions of Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book, and the author of Divorced, Beheaded and Survived, on the wives of Henry VIII.

ANNOTATION

"...a premier resource updated to include the latest infor- mation on silicone implants, the reliability of mammograms & other imaging techniques, genectics, risk factors, hormone use, prevention of breast cancer, and much more."

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Women all over the country and the doctors and nurses who care for them have established Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book as the standard reference on its subject. Dr. Love has now revised her book to reflect every new development in breast care, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and research. Every chapter has been brought up to date, including new information on silicone implants, imaging techniques, genetics, risk factors and prevention, hormone use, bone marrow transplants, tamoxifen, immediate reconstruction, and treatment for metastatic breast cancer.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

This third edition of Love and Lindsey's comprehensive 1990 title has been so thoroughly revised that, Love notes, only the anatomy chapter remains untouched: ``The breast, I'm glad to report, is still located on the chest!'' New information includes that on mammography screening, the breast cancer gene, the metastatic phase of breast cancer, the connection between mind and body, prevention and the importance of political awareness and action. Also updated are discussions of every conceivable aspect of the breast: from its health and development to such common concerns as normal tissue lumpiness and breast feeding, to issues surrounding breast cancer-its screening, diagnosis, causes, treatment, prevention and the directions of current research. Hormone therapy, silicone implants, breast biopsy, lumpectomy, reconstruction and bone-marrow transplants are also explained. With Lindsey (Friends as Family), Love, who is director of the Comprehensive Breast Center, associate professor of clinical surgery at UCLA School of Medicine and co-founder of the National Breast Cancer Coalition, offers a highly readable book that educates, supports and encourages women to become their own advocates of breast health. (June)

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