Breast Bible

Author: (USA) Susan Love / (USA) Retha Newbold / Zhang Lehong
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: A bestseller with over 100,000 copies sold, the only book you need to understand breasts. Recommended by Academician Qiu Fazu, Honorary Director of the Department of Surgery, Chinese Medical Association, and Professor Li Shuling of Tianjin Medical University Cancer Hospital. In social culture, the female breast symbolizes motherhood, sensuality, and sexuality. Beyond the instinct of breastfeeding, what other functions and meanings do breasts hold for women? Besides breast augmentation and cancer prevention, what else can we do for our breasts? Susan Love guides readers in this book to explore and understand breasts from both physiological and psychological perspectives. China has long been considered a low-incidence country for breast cancer, but the incidence of various breast diseases and breast cancer has been gradually increasing in recent years. Currently, breast cancer has become the leading malignant tumor among Chinese women, making active efforts in promoting breast cancer prevention and treatment highly significant.
Dr. Susan Love, the author of The Breast Bible, is an outstanding breast surgeon, founder and chair of the National Breast Cancer Coalition in the U.S., and a professor of surgery at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine. In 1996, she was named one of "America's Best Doctors." Beyond treating breast cancer patients, she dedicates significant effort to breast cancer prevention and control. The breast cancer screening technique "nipple aspirate fluid collection" (NAFC) she proposed is regarded as a major breakthrough in the prevention and treatment of breast diseases by the U.S. medical community. This book provides detailed explanations on the basic structure, physiology, functions, common breast issues, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. The book is divided into seven parts:
1. Healthy Breasts
2. Common Breast Problems
3. Diagnosis of Breast Diseases
4. Cancer Prediction and Prevention
5. Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
6. Treatment of Breast Cancer
7. Living with Breast Cancer
This book was praised by The New York Times in the U.S. as: "For women, this book is like the Bible of breast knowledge." It is hoped that after reading this book, readers will "understand breasts, care for health, and respect their bodies."