October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Take this opportunity to learn more about the most common cancer in women in the United States, aside from skin cancer. Here are just a few of the books the Mercer County Library System has on this topic:

Positive Results: Making the Best Decisions When You’re at High Risk for Breast or Ovarian Cancer
By Joi L. Morris
This unique and important guidebook is a single, comprehensive source of information and advice to help women at high risk for breast and for ovarian cancer because of family history and genetic profile. One part memoir, three parts 'how- to' manual, this book explains in a clear and steady manner the myths and realities of 'the breast cancer genes'. It lays out all the options in easy-to-follow, compassionate language. It will help readers decide if they want to pursue genetic testing, guide them in interpreting their test results, and give them a sound basis for making the life-saving decisions required to manage their risks.

Living Well Beyond Breast Cancer: A Survivor’s Guide for When Treatment Ends and the Rest of Your Life Begins
By Marisa Weiss and Ellen Weiss
This fully revised and updated second edition contains crucial information about the plethora of issues confronting breast cancer survivors, including the revolutionary medical advances in follow-up testing, ongoing treatments, and recovery. With answers for everything from how to deal with hair loss and weight gain to finding online support groups and understanding healthy foods and supplements, this indispensable guide features all-new chapters that cover current treatment options and preventative tips for those at high risk for developing breast cancer.

“Women at any stage of the breast cancer journey, including those grappling with emotional issues surrounding the chance of recurrence, will benefit from the Weisses' up-to-date and uplifting outlook.”
—Publishers Weekly

Stand By Her: A Breast Cancer Guide for Men
By John W. Anderson
Every year, more than a million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer. They are going to need support from their families and close friends, and in particular from husbands, fathers, sons, brothers, and other men in their lives. But as brave and strong as those men want to be, they too are facing what may be the challenge of a lifetime—and they are going to need help. Based on the author’s personal experiences and extensive research, Stand by Her is both a practical guide and an uplifting, inspirational work.

The Everything Health Guide to Living with Breast Cancer
By Lucia Giuggio Carvalho
The author, a breast cancer survivor and nurse, provides a basic overview of breast cancer, its biology, psychology, and treatment options, and offers comprehensive coverage of such topics as physical changes that occur with treatment, support systems, complementary alternative medicine choices, and more.

100 Questions and Answers About Breast Cancer
By Zora K. Brown and Karl Boatman
Offering both the patient's and doctor's views, this completely updated second edition provides up-to-date, authoritative, and practical answers to questions about breast cancer, including risk factors and prevention, diagnosis and treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, sources of support, and much more. Now including an entire new section on the impact of cancer on sexuality, intimacy and fertility, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this frightening disease.

- Lisa S.