Covers important developments in the treatment, prevention, and diagnosis of breast cancer, covering such topics as MRIs as a diagnostic tool, needle biopsies, new radiation therapies, changes in chemotherapy and new biological treatments, genetic testing, and new prevention guidelines.

bk. I: From suspicion to diagnosis. How can a book help me? -- Getting started -- What's gone wrong? -- Diagnosis -- Pathology -- After the diagnosis -- bk. II: Treatment. Genetics -- Surgery -- Radiation therapy -- Prognosis -- Hormone therapy and chemotherapy -- Breast reconstruction -- bk. III: After the treatment. Follow-up -- Recurrence -- Prevention -- New directions -- bk. IV: Life after cancer. Life after breast cancer -- The social issues of breast cancer -- Resources: NCI-designated cancer centers ; American Cancer Society divisions ; Breast cancer information resources.