Breastpath.com Understanding Your Breast Cancer-The Pathology Report by J.B. Askew, Jr., M.D. Board Certified Pathologist Our Price: $21.95 Availability: Usually ships within 1-2 days. To order, click on the Buy Now button below.

Categories: Breast Disease, Breast Cancer, Medicine

Monograph - 32 pages, 1st edition (November 2001)
Dimensions (in inches): 8.50 x 11.00


Report Description
Understanding is in the details. This report gives you information that is thorough and easy to understand. It helps you to discuss your diagnosis with your physician, ask questions and participate in your care and treatment. Detailed color microphotographs and descriptions, tables and charts, along with a thorough explanation of the Scarff-Bloom-Richardson histologic grading scale, the importance of surgical margins when a tumor is removed and more, make this report a must-read for breast cancer patients. Developed by a physician, experienced Breast Pathologist J.B. Askew, Jr., M.D., whose wife is also a physician.

Features of Breastpath.com's Understanding Your Breast Cancer—The Pathology Report:
* Clear, concise, up-to-date information that can be accessed quickly and easily when decisions need to be made
* More than 15 photomicrographs and illustrations with details and explanations to help breast cancer patients better understand the details, language and importance of the comments noted in the pathology report from the breast cancer surgery, which the patient's medical team uses to help determine the patient's care and treatment.
* Extensive sections on and explanations of the following:
  · Scarff-Bloom-Richardson method of histologic grading of breast cancers and the
    relevance of this grading system to the patient. This grading is often used in the     breast surgery pathology report.
  · Secondary markers now being used in tumor grading.
  · The importance of the surgical margins when the tumor is removed.
* Frequently Asked Questions about the pathology aspects that lead to the diagnosis of breast cancer and its staging.
* An extensive Internet resource section to help a breast disease patient get the best possible information, care and support.
* A glossary that defines breast disease and breast cancer medical terms in easy to understand language.
* A comparison between benign and breast cancer cells, pointing out the differences that trained breast pathologists look for in determining the diagnosis.
* A discussion of the importance of the multidisciplinary breast team in determining a breast patient's diagnosis and treatment options and choices.  

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