Breast Cancer: A Guide for Every Woman

by Michael Baum, Christobel Saunders, Sheena Meredith

This book, written by two leading medical experts and a medical journalist, gives full and up-to-date information about all aspects of breast cancer. Intended as a guide for all women, it will be particularly useful for those who have been diagnosed with, or are at risk for breast cancer. It
explains in non-technical language early symptoms, tests, and treatment options, and how to cope with the disease and its treatment.

The authors of Breast Cancer explain all these different aspects of the disease clearly and with minimal use of jargon, while still providing all the detailed information about diagnosis, treatment, and care afterwards. They also explain what is now known about he causes of breast cancer - what
factors put one at greater risk of developing breast cancer and what factors make it less likely that one will ever develop it.

180 pages, Paperback

First published August 31, 1994

About the author

Prof. Michael Baum MB, ChB, FRCS, ChM,
Hon MD Gothenburg Sweden, Hon FRCR
Professor Emeritus of Surgery, and visiting Prof. of Medical Humanities, University College London.

Previous appointments
Professor of Surgery Kings College London 1980-1990
Professor of Surgery Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research 1990-1996
Professor of Surgery University College London (UCL) 1996-2002
Editor in Chief, International Journal of Surgery 2004-2006
Awards
• Skinner Medal – Royal College Radiologists
• Gold Medal- International College of Surgeons
• Ernest Miles Medal – Royal College of Surgeons
• Celebrating Survival Award – San Antonio Breast Cancer Conference 2000
• The William McGuire award, San Antonio, Texas 2002 (Annual award for a life-time achievement in breast cancer research)
• St. Gallen award 2007 (biennial prize for life time achievements in breast cancer research and treatment)
• The Gold medal for therapeutics, the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries, London 2008

Publications
• Over 500 papers on cancer in general, cancer screening, breast cancer, philosophy and medical humanities
• Wrote or edited 7 books on similar subjects
• Published memoirs; “Breast beating: one man’s odyssey in the search for the understanding of breast cancer, the meaning of life and other easy questions.” Anshan publishers 2010, short listed for the People’s book prize 2011
• Published novel, “The Third Tablet of the Holy Covenant”, Troubadour Press, Leicester
• Published collection of essays, “The Scepticaemic Surgeon”, NOVA publishers, New York, 2015