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Everything you need to know about breast health in one place, essential advice you can trust from Mount Sinai''s Chief of Breast Surgery, Dr. Elisa Port, and her patients. Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women in the United States. There are 300,000 women diagnosed in the United States each year, and of all cancers women get, one in three will be breast. Everyone has been touched by breast cancer in some way - as the more than 4 million breast cancer survivors in the US can attest. With misinformation flooding us from chat forums to wellness influencers, where can we turn for the truth? The Breast Advice offers a trustworthy resource as you navigate assessing your risk of breast cancer, navigate screening and prevention, and treatment, dispelling myths and laying out the facts, including the latest innovations from AI to new screening techniques. Bringing in patients'' wisdom together with her 25 years of experience as one of New York''s most celebrated specialists, Mount Sinai''s Chief of Breast Surgery Dr. Elisa Port has created a comprehensive guide to breast cancer risk, diagnosis, and treatment. Addressing: Lifestyle factors to prevent breast cancer Risk assessment, screening, and testing--including the latest technology Diagnosis--choosing a doctor, what to ask, how to manage hard news Treatment--from radiation and chemotherapy to surgery and novel therapies Top ten pieces of advice from patients who have been through it An essential resource for everyone with breasts, The Breast Advice will be passed around and relied upon for years to come.
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Everything you need to know about breast health and breast cancer in one place, essential advice you can trust from Mount Sinai’s Chief of Breast Surgery, Dr. Elisa Port, and her patients.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer affecting women in the United States. There are 300,000 women diagnosed in the United States each year, and of all cancers women get, one in three will be breast. Everyone has been touched by breast cancer in some way – as the more than 4 million breast cancer survivors in the US can attest. With misinformation flooding us from chat forums to wellness influencers, where can we turn for the truth?
The Breast Advice offers a trustworthy resource as you navigate assessing your risk of breast cancer, navigate screening and prevention, and treatment, dispelling myths and laying out the facts, including the latest innovations from AI to new screening techniques. Bringing in patients' wisdom together with her 25 years of experience as one of New York’s most celebrated specialists, Mount Sinai’s Chief of Breast Surgery Dr. Elisa Port has created a comprehensive guide to breast cancer risk, diagnosis, and treatment. Addressing:
- Lifestyle factors to prevent breast cancer
- Risk assessment, screening, and testing—including the latest technology
- Diagnosis—choosing a doctor, what to ask, how to manage hard news
- Treatment—from radiation and chemotherapy to surgery and novel therapies
- Top ten pieces of advice from patients who have been through it
An essential resource for everyone with breasts,
The Breast Advice will be passed around and relied upon for years to come.
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"Dr. Elisa Port saved my life. She is my North Star-a physician whose intelligence, judgment, and compassion I trust completely. The Breast Advice is the definitive guide for anyone seeking the very best information and care for their breast health." - Jill Martin, Emmy Award-winning TV personality
"With The Breast Advice, Dr. Port has created the resource we all need. Here you will find pearls of wisdom, setting women of all ages up for long-term breast health." - Maria Bartiromo, Fox News anchor
"Dr. Port is a true leader in her field, distinguished not only by her clinical expertise and groundbreaking research, but by the intention, empathy, and compassion she brings to every patient she cares for. The Breast Advice is a comprehensive, patient-first guide that supports women through every stage of their journey-from self-screening and diagnosis to treatment, healing, and life beyond. This is the kind of trusted resource every woman deserves." - Karlie Kloss, supermodel
