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Five and a half years ago, my surgeon called it the bible on breast cancer, and Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book has been a constant companion of mine ever since. It’s the one book I recommend to everyone I meet with a new diagnosis, it’s my go-to gift recommendation for family and friends who don’t know how to help, and it sits tattered and worn on my bookshelf, ready for instant consultation.
As of yesterday, I have a brand new shiny copy of Dr. Love’s treasured book of wisdom (fifth edition) — the coveted resource she revamps every few years so that women everywhere have the latest and greatest information on a disease we so badly need to understand.
How is this book different from all the others? Well, it’s been totally reorganized and rewritten in order to communicate two paradigm shifts that have taken place over the years:
(1) We now know that all breast cancers are not the same. There’s actually five or six molecular subtypes, and treatment must be personalized to match each one.
(2) We also know that cancer cells do not function in isolation. There’s more than a mutated cell at work — it needs an environment to nourish it. A bad cell in a good environment will likely stay dormant. But if the environment changes, there might be trouble. Aha, lifestyle is important.
With these two topics woven throughout, Dr. Love breaks down everything from the biology of the breast to risk factors to decisions regarding treatment. She talks recurrence and research and politics, and she’s got sketches, drawings, charts, and graphs to help make sense of it all. The book is more than 600 pages long, and that should tell you something about how detailed and complex breast cancer can be. Don’t be intimidated, though. You don’t need to sit down and start reading — just use it for reference, and be thankful that there’s someone out there, armed with the best and most accurate information, who cares enough to try to stop this deadly disease once and for all.
It is my pleasure to have the opportunity to give away one copy of Dr. Love’s book. If it happens to land in your hands, you will be forever grateful for the direction and inspiration that lies within.
Ready to play? Just follow the steps below:
- Leave a comment sharing why you need this book in your library!
- Leave your comment no later than 5PM ET on Tuesday, October 12, 2010.
- You may enter only once.
- Open to legal residents of the 50 United States, and the District of Columbia, who are 18 and older.
- One winner will be selected in a random drawing via random.org.
- One winner will receive one book, valued at $22.00.
- Winners will be notified by email, so make sure to check next week to find out if you’ve won!
Teresa Fine on 10/6/2010 at 7:19 am said:
I would love to owm a copy of this book because I have been a cancer survivor for the past 5 years as well as losing my 45 year old cousin to Breast Cancer last year.
I lost my Mother to Colorectal Cancer in 1999 nand have helped my very best friend survive throat vcancer at the age of 33 without a laryngectomy.
We are starting the process of a non profit organization called Racing for a Cure. Please check out the website at http://www.rickybyersracingforacure.com.
This book would be a very tatterned book om my bookshelf as it has on yours. It would be a book that I would consider to be a very important part of my life!
Sincerely,
Teresa Fine
Teresa Fine on 10/6/2010 at 7:23 am said:
Sorry I left off my e-mail address
Linsey Powell on 10/6/2010 at 4:01 pm said:
I would like to have this book to further educate myself. My Grandmother has recently been diagnosed with Breast Cancer and a friend was just diagnosed. I like to have any form of information available!
Barb Cohen on 10/7/2010 at 10:47 pm said:
I would love to own this book. I need all the information I can get on breast cancer.
Marlo on 10/8/2010 at 8:14 pm said:
At the age of 30 I was just diagnosed with breast cancer. My Mother and maternal Aunt are survivors, but also diagnosed in their thirties. I had to fight for years for a doctor to allow me to get a mammogram. Obviously because of my age the mammogram turned in to a MRI and then a sonogram and eventually a biopsy of a mass in my right breast. The results came back benign. What a relief! During my scare, my Mother had genetic testing done, which came back positive. At my six month follow up a mass and cyst was found in my left breast, which lead to another biopsy. Unfortunately the results did not come back as relieving as the first. The words Invasive carcinoma, took my breath away. Less than a week later I went in to surgery. Now I lay on my couch healing and waiting for the next stage of the process, chemo. I need this book in my library to not only understand what I am about to go through but to educate my sister and the other women in my family who are affected by the genetic condition.
Deena Warner on 10/8/2010 at 10:53 pm said:
I’d love to own this book, to educate my two daughters
who are 21 and 28 years old. I was diagnosed in Stage 4
one year after my last mammogram. I want to learn more
and understand what we can do to help prevent cancer
I share my experience, but do not advise on my blog.
I have signed up to be a Foot Soldier
I am a 3 year survivor ..now with Brain Mets
and still “fighting like a girl’
WARRIORS ARE WE
Margaret Gregory on 10/9/2010 at 8:49 pm said:
I would love to have this as my “go to” book. I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in July 2010, just finished my radiation treatments and have just started Hormone Therapy. So many changes in such a short time, it would also be helpful in educating my to wonderful daughters.
Nancy on 10/12/2010 at 2:00 pm said:
I am really interested in Dr. Love’s opinions. I watched a short video this morning about how she wants to refocus Breast Cancer Awareness Month more to emphasize on research with particular goals for researchers. I really liked hearing that. I did hear she is not in favor of going back to the old recommendation of yearly mammograms for women starting at age 40, so I’d like to read about that. This would be an excellent resource book for me and one I could pass around as well. Thanks for the give-a-way! nancy@nancyspoint.com