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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND SEXUALITY

NEW

The Black Woman’s Breast Cancer
Survival Guide

Understanding and Healing in the Face
of a Nationwide Crisis

CHERYL D. HOLLOWAY
FOREWORD BY
PHILIP AGOP PHILIP, MD, PHD, FRCP

This “what you need to know” guide is unique in its common sense, “laywoman’s” July 2017, 203pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
approach and particular relevance to women of color. Its premise is simple: ignorance and Print: 978-1-4408-5608-2
lack of education about breast cancer signs and symptoms are still all too prevalent among $37.00, £29.00, €34.00
eBook: 978-1-4408-5609-9
Black women. Many women are not informed about resources available for early detection
screening and are not referred for mammography screening. They may also receive
significantly delayed treatment—especially Black women. For those reasons and more, CHERYL D. HOLLOWAY, PhD, is
Black women with or at risk for breast cancer need an advocate who speaks for them and program director for the Bachelor of
tells them the truth. They have that advocate in Cheryl Holloway, PhD—and in this book. Science in Public Health program at
South University in Novi, MI, where she
teaches courses on health promotion
FEATURES and wellness, issues in public health,
• Speaks from the perspective of a Black woman who has had breast cancer and is also an and women’s and minority health issues.
academic who researched breast cancer
• Provides current information and practical advice for beating breast cancer

An Empowering Guide to Lung Cancer

Six Steps to Taking Charge of Your Care and Your Life

ERIC PRESSER, MD
FOREWORD BY ANDREW ORDON, MD
“ that will help cancer patients and their loved ones onto a path of improved
An Empowering Guide to Lung Cancer is an invaluable ‘how to’ manual

well-being. ”
—Rodney Sacks, Chairman and CEO of Monster Beverage, October 13, 2016

In this book, Dr. Eric Presser provides an empowering, comprehensive guide to lung cancer
for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the treatments available, coping with the
December 2016, 217pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
diagnosis, and dealing with the side effects associated with the disease on both patients Print: 978-1-4408-4101-9
and their loved ones. His book offers a complete resource for anyone touched by lung $37.00, £29.00, €34.00
cancer, presenting the latest scientifically tested information to help reduce the rates of eBook: 978-1-4408-4102-6
illness and infirmity and ultimately make lung cancer a thing of the past.
FEATURES ERIC PRESSER, MD, is an attending
• Provides a crucial reference that helps patients, caregivers, and loved ones educate thoracic surgeon at First Choice
themselves and obtain the best possible treatments Physician’s Practice and an associate
professor at the University of California,
• Discusses customized chemotherapy; treatment options for early-stage lung cancer, Riverside, School of Medicine.
including minimally invasive surgery techniques pioneered by author Dr. Eric Presser;
and today’s most promising treatments, including multimodality therapy
• Examines the latest diagnostic tools for the early detection of lung cancer, emphasizes
the importance of cancer staging, and evaluates the range of alternative treatments
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