Navigating Breast Cancer -- a Guide for Newly Diagnosed
This is a book written by Lillie Shockney to serve as a guide for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer, and assists them in planning and preparing for their treatment, with a focus on the patient being empowered with information so she can participate in the decision making about her care. To order go to: Navigating Breast Cancer -- a Guide for Newly Diagnosed

An invaluable guide for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients, Conquering Breast Cancer: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed offers expert, practical advice from a breast cancer survivor and medical professional. This handbook is packed with information to help lead you through your journey, offering key information on initial consultations, treatment options and the decision-making process, breast cancer centers, communicating the news of diagnosis to your loved ones, pre- and post-surgery quality of life, sexual intimacy, adjuvant treatment after surgery, targeted therapy, financial issues of treatment, celebrating treatment completion and survivorship, as well as the future of breast cancer, additional resources for patients and their families, and much more.

Stealing Second Base: A Breast Cancer Survivor's Experience and Breast Cancer Expert's Story
Lillie Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Stealing Second Base: A Breast Cancer Survivor's Experience and Breast Cancer Expert's Story

Lillie Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, is the Administrative Director of the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center, member of the surgical faculty, a breast cancer survivor, oncology nurse, and nationally renowned speaker and published author on breast cancer. Her book, Stealing Second Base: A Breast Cancer Survivor's Experience and Breast Cancer Expert's Story, is a unique, empowering, and often humorous story about the journey of a woman who has experienced breast cancer from many perspectives. Lillie Shockney shares her story about flipping to the other side of the patient's side rail when she went from medical professional, wife, and mother to becoming a breast cancer patient, patient advocate, and nationally recognized breast cancer expert, lending her emotional support and medical advice to help lead breast cancer patients and families through their own journey with this life altering disease.

Johns Hopkins Breast Cancer Guide
Lillie Shockney, RN, BS, MAS, Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book
by Susan Love, M.D.
Addison Wesley Publishing Company

This book is written in layman's terms and provides information about what breast cancer is and the various treatments that may be needed. There are subtle drawings of what surgical treatments looks like as well as what various cell structures look like. The book is very good but can be overwhelming to read because of it containing so much information. Choose the parts that are of most interest to you and your situation. The book is divided into chapters which make it easy to focus on specific areas of interest and concern. The book is available in most local chain bookstores or can be ordered through B. Dalton, Waldenbooks, or Barnes and Noble book stores.

Breast Cancer: Questions & Answers for Young Women
by Carole G. Vogel
Twenty-First Century Books

This is an exceptional book for teenagers who have a family history of breast cancer. Once a woman has breast cancer she worries about the risks posed to her daughters as well. This book answers basic questions clearly and simply for teenage girls and their moms. It also provides information on what steps a young girl can take to improve her odds of not getting breast cancer by practicing good health prevention programs which are described in detail. It also takes some of the mystery out of the disease by explaining what breast cancer is, how it occurs and how it is treated. Most importantly, it provides hope for future generations. This book usually has to be ordered at a local chain bookstore and can be available in just a few days. Winner of the Joan Fassler Memorial Book Award in 1996 for excellence in writing about children's health.

Breast Cancer Survivor's Club - A Nurse's Experience
by Lillie Shockney R.N., B.S., M.A.S.
Ogden Publishing

This book is a personal account of my experiences with breast cancer as seen from three perspectives: as a young girl when my mother's best friend was diagnosed with breast cancer; as a nurse who has taken care of women who have undergone mastectomy surgery, and as a patient myself having had a left mastectomy in 1992, a right lumpectomy in 1993 and a second mastectomy in 1994. The book also provides information about the emotions I felt and that of my family as we journeyed together through the experiences of diagnosis and treatment and onto my successful transformation into a breast cancer survivor. The book is filled with humor, a powerful weapon against cancer when combined with good medical care. There is also a chapter written by my parents and a detailed resource chapter for patients, family and friends to use for getting resources, information and advice. It is available through local chain bookstores or can be ordered from Waldenbooks, B. Dalton, Barnes and Noble or by calling the publisher directly Ogden Publishing at 866-803-7096, or order from www.amazon.com on the internet (A large portion of royalities are donated to several breast cancer organizations). This book is available for breast cancer organizations and health care facilities interested in using the book as a fund raiser.