About The Breast Cancer Book Click the heading below to jump to that section. Why read The Breast Cancer Book? About the authors Chapter by chapter guide Press coverage Buy it from Amazon Books in the UK   Why read The Breast Cancer Book? This is the book Val Sampson needed when she was first diagnosed with breast cancer.  Its purpose is to offer hope and support in coping with the fear and sense of loneliness that often comes with a diagnosis of cancer. Highly practical, The Breast Cancer Book clarifies the confusing choices you need to make.  It looks at: the conventional medical treatments of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy the part which can be played by complementary treatments how to manage your life, and answers questions on how to break the news to family, friends and children Based on the author's own experience, that of other breast patients and co-written with experts in the field, The Breast Cancer Book shows women that it is possible to  lead a happy and fulfilling life after a diagnosis of breast cancer and that the power to achieve this lies within the individual. About the authors Val Sampson is a freelance journalist who has written for many newspapers and magazines including The Times, The Daily Mail, Woman and You magazine.  Debbie Fenlon was Val Sampson's breast care nurse when she was first diagnosed.  She is now an oncology lecturer with the Institute of Cancer Research in association with the Royal Marsden NHS Trust. Chapter guide 1 Hoping and Coping 2 Fear and how to handle it 3 Cancer and the power of language 4 Who to tell? 5 How to get support from the people around you 6 What is cancer and who should you talk to? 7 Getting into the hospital system 8 Surgery and reconstruction 9 Other conventional treatments 10 Living with secondary disease 11 Mind therapies 12 Body therapies 13 Looking good and feeling better 14 The way ahead Glossary Useful addresses Further reading Index   208 pages  ISBN: 0 09 185613 2 The Breast Cancer Book. Sampson, Val and Fenlon, Debbie.  Published by Vermillion 2000 Press coverage Extracts from the book serialised in The Times Section 2, 5-7 September 2000. Article in Good Housekeeping on personality and illness, October 2000 edition. Article in Sunday Mirror's Personal magazine - Val Sampson's experiences, 17 September 2000. Article in Mail on Sunday's You magazine on talking to children about cancer, 10 September 2000. Tatler, October edition - talking to your partner Sunday Mirror's Personal magazine 17 September - Val Sampson's story. Pink Ribbon magazine, September 22 - sex and breast cancer. ITV's This Morning September 11 and 13 - Val Sampson on Hope and Breast Cancer; Debbie Fenlon on Prostheses, Diet and Self-examination Woman,  October 9 - an interview with Val Sampson LBC radio and Liberty Radio, September 23 - an interview with Val Sampson ITV's Live Talk, 6 October - Val Sampson appearing in discussion Best magazine, Jan 2001 - interview with Val Sampson Radio Oxford phone-in with Debbie Fenlon and Val Sampson - Jan 30 2001  The Times Health pages, Jan 30 2001 - feature on breast reconstruction by Val Sampson

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