Apron Strings: Inheriting Courage, Wisdom and ... Breast Cancer

Greene, Diane Tropea

 
9781568251080: Apron Strings: Inheriting Courage, Wisdom and ... Breast Cancer
ISBN 10: 1568251084 ISBN 13: 9781568251080
Verlag: Rainbow Books, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

After her successful battle with breast cancer caused by the BRCA2 genetic mutation, Diane Tropea Greene used her copious writings and journal entries, as well as the knowledge she had gained from experience, to create Apron Strings: Inheriting Courage, Wisdom and . . . Breast Cancer. It follows her family s cancers from her mother s generation, when the cancer threat was revealed, to Diane s generation a generation that better understands the wisdom of vigilance. With humor, humanity and compassion, she shares how she sought and found education, support and empowerment when the BRCA2 nightmare became her own, and she details how she and her family courageously struck back and now live with their cancer heritage as advocates and activists in the fight for a cure. Diane s book is rich with references and resources to empower the reader to learn more. A book to be read by anyone who believes their relatives have too many cancer diagnoses to be coincidental.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Diane Tropea Greene is a breast cancer survivor and an active volunteer at the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, located in Garden City, New York. She speaks extensively to women’s groups about a variety of breast cancer issues, including the subject of genetic breast cancer and genetic testing.Diane has been honored as a "Hero" by the Val Skinner Foundation at its LIFE Event (LPGA Pros In the Fight to Eradicate Breast Cancer) for demonstrating courage in the face of breast cancer and purpose in the fight for a cure.She has been featured in local and national media discussing her family history with breast cancer, including Family Circle magazine, Rosie magazine and New York Newsday. She has also been interviewed for television news stories on ABC-TV, WPIX-TV, News-12 Long Island and WLNY-LI Cable News. Diane was born in The Bronx and grew up in Queens Village, New York. She now resides on Long Island with her husband and two teenage boys.

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"Apron Strings is the story of a family who has endured the diagnosis and often loss of many of their members to breast cancer and has had to deal with the ramifications of discovering that an inherited gene mutation has caused it. Hopeful and insightful to women (and men, since they inherit the gene as well)." -- Erna Busch Devereaux, MD, FACS, Breast Surgery Associates, PLCC "Apron Strings is filled with reality, humor, inspiration and hope. It is a story that most women will be able to relate to and benefit from. Well-written and easy to read, addressing what's 'really important in life.'" -- Hillary Rutter, LCSW, Director, Adelphi NY Statewide, Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, Adelphi University "Apron Strings is relevant to patients, families and friends who face the diagnosis of breast cancer. I felt as though I was being guided by an informed and dependable friend. The author writes with courage and humanity. I came away from the book with new knowledge about diagnosis and treatment and not least a message of hope. Recommended." -- Kim Rozzi, Executive Director, The Maurer Foundation for Breast Health Education

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Verlag
Rainbow Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1568251084
ISBN 13 
9781568251080
Einband
Broschiert
Anzahl der Seiten
133
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