breast cancer

A collection of questions and answers about breast cancer for teenage girls.

Kelly Corrigan recounts her battle with breast cancer, which occurred at the same time her father was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and intermixes stories about her childhood and her unique relationship with her father.

A graphic memoir in which Marisa Acocella Marchetto chronicles her eleven-month battle with breast cancer, from diagnosis to cure.

Author Alice Hoffman offers lessons on living through and surviving tough times in life--like illness, death, and loss--based on stories from her own life and how she has been able to still find beauty in her life.

Provides young women with the most recent information on breast cancer, including how it is detected, what women can do to decrease their chances of getting it, how to cope with a diagnosis of breast cancer, what to expect when undergoing cancer treatment, and other related topics.

Tilden and her younger sister Elizabeth are uprooted again when their ever optimistic, romantic mother Frances moves them north to live with Nick, the owner of a limousine service, but everything seems to be going just fine until Frances discovers a lump in her breast.

Fourteen-year-old Darcy's life undergoes a drastic change when her mother is diagnosed with breast cancer in 1974 and is unable to help Darcy deal with the teenage struggles of starting high school, falling in love, and worrying about the Vietnam War.

Describes the importance of diet in preventing breast cancer, and includes a number of nutritional recipes.

Examines the causes and treatments of breast cancer, and discusses technologies in breast cancer treatment, screening and diagnosis, and ways to prevent it.