Radical : the science, culture, and history of breast cancer in America

Summary: 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-cancer patients in the modern age.

Record details

ISBN: 9780316470322
ISBN: 0316470325
Physical Description: print
325 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2019.
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-314) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.