The Black Woman's Breast Cancer Survival Guide: Understanding and Healing in the Face of a Nationwide Crisis

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Cheryl D. Hollowayauthor

Cheryl D. Holloway, PhD, is program director for the Bachelor of Science in Public Health program at South University in Novi, MI, where she teaches courses on health promotion and wellness, issues in public health, and women's and minority health issues.

The Black Woman's Breast Cancer Survival Guide: Understanding and Healing in the Face of a Nationwide Crisis

20170731

Praeger

Pages 224
Topics Health and Wellness

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The Black Woman's Breast Cancer Survival Guide: Understanding and Healing in the Face of a Nationwide Crisis

Author(s): Holloway, Cheryl;
Contributors: Holloway, Cheryl;
Abstract:

Breast cancer is reaching epidemic levels, especially among Black women. This survival guide provides tools that women—Black women in particular—can use to identify and combat this all-too-common threat.


• Speaks from the perspective of a Black woman who has had breast cancer and is also an academic who researched breast cancer

• Provides current information and practical advice for beating breast cancer

• Explains tests and treatment options

• Includes information on research studies and outcomes for Black women with breast cancer

• Explores why Black women are more likely than women of any other race or ethnicity to develop aggressive and fast-growing breast tumors during their childbearing years

SortTitle: black woman's breast cancer survival guide: understanding and healing in the face of a nationwide crisis
Author Info:
Cheryl D. Hollowayauthor

Cheryl D. Holloway, PhD, is program director for the Bachelor of Science in Public Health program at South University in Novi, MI, where she teaches courses on health promotion and wellness, issues in public health, and women's and minority health issues.

eISBN-13: 9781440856099
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Print ISBN-13: 9781440856082
Imprint: Praeger
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 20170731