Radical : the science, culture, and history of breast cancer in America / Kate Pickert.

Kate Pickert worked as a health-care journalist and knew medical treatment well, but it all changed when she was diagnosed with an aggressive type of breast cancer at age 35. Pickert used her journalistic skills to identify the cultural, scientific, and historical forces shaping the lives of breast-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pickert, Kate (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Pickert, Kate.
Breast > Cancer > Treatment > Popular works.
Breast > Cancer > Patients > United States > Biography.
Breast Neoplasms > therapy.
Breast Neoplasms > history.
Patients.
United States.
MEDICAL / History.
MEDICAL / Oncology / General.
Breast > Cancer > Patients.
Breast > Cancer > Treatment.
Breast cancer > Treatment.
Breast cancer patients > Biography.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Popular works.
Genre:
Popular works.
Biography.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Physical Description:325 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Seek and ye shall find
  • CSI: breasts
  • Diagnosis
  • Pink vibes
  • Lady parts
  • Not your mother's chemotherapy
  • Pick your poison
  • Targets
  • From scalpels to sentinels
  • Whole again
  • So meta
  • Prognosis.