Around 55,000 women and 370 men are diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the UK.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer
in women the UK with one woman diagnosed every 10 minutes.
Breast cancer is cancer that starts in
the breast tissue. The treatment each patient requires depends on the type of
breast cancer they have as well as their general health. Treatments include
surgery, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and radiotherapy.
For more information surrounding the
importance of breast screening and the treatment of breast cancer please visit
the Breast Cancer Now, Coppafeel and NHS websites:
https://breastcancernow.org/
https://coppafeel.org/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-cancer/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-cancer-in-men/
https://coppafeel.org/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-cancer/
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-cancer-in-men/
For anyone studying the importance of
improving both the awareness and knowledge of breast cancer and also supporting
those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, the Health Libraries both at
the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals offer numerous resources related to the
subject. In the lists below you’ll find a variety of items as well as
information on materials recently added to our collection and available
periodicals. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at
the counter.
BOOKS:
- Breast cancer / Vaidya, Jayant S.; Joseph, David; 2014 5th ed [Abingdon :
Health Press]
- Breast cancer / Michell, Michael; 2010 [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press] – Keele
and NHS ebook
- Twisting fate : my journey with BRCA--from breast cancer doctor to
patient and back / Munster, Pamela N; 2018 [New York : The Experiment]
- Breast cancer : fundamentals of evidence-based disease management / Henderson, I. Craig; 2016 [Oxford: Oxford
University Press]
- Handbook of metastatic breast cancer / Swanton, Charles; Johnston, Stephen R.D.;
2012 2nd ed [London : Informa Healthcare]
- ABC of breast diseases / Dixon, J. Michael, 2012 4th ed [Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell].
Keele ebook also available.
- All woman : life after breast cancer / Tania Farrell Yelland; 2000 [London:
Metro in association with Breakthrough Breast Cancer]
JOURNALS:
- Breast Cancer Research / London : BioMed Central Ltd. [Available
as a Keele & NHS ejournal 1999 onwards].
- Breast Cancer Research and Treatment / Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers. [Available as a Keele & NHS ejournal 1997 onwards with 1 year embargo].
- Clinical Breast Cancer / Dallas, Tex. : CIG Media Group. [Available
as a Keele ejournal 2000 onwards & as a NHS ejournal 2007 onwards].
- NPJ breast cancer / New York, NY : Breast Cancer Research
Foundation : Nature Publishing Group. [Available as a Keele & NHS ejournal and
open access 2015 onwards].
- Archives of Breast Cancer / Farnam Inc. [Available
as NHS ejournal and open access 2014 onwards].
- International Journal of Breast Cancer / Cairo : Hindawi Pub. Corp. [Available
as a Keele & NHS ejournal 2010 onwards, and open access 2011 onwards].
Access
more journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
- Jamie O. Brett, Laura M. Spring, Aditya Bardia & Seth A. Wander; “ESR1 mutation as an emerging clinical biomarker in metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer”, Breast Cancer Research, 2021 Vol 23 Article 85. DOI: 10.1186/s13058-021-01462-3. [Available via Keele and NHS ejournals].
- Reis-Filho, Jorge S ; Pusztai, Lajos; “Breast Cancer 2 Gene expression profiling in breast cancer: classification, prognostication, and prediction”, The Lancet (British edition), 2011, Vol.378 Pt.9805, pp.1812-1823. [Available in print & via Keele and NHS ejournals].
- Cornell, Lauren F; Mclaughlin, Sarah A; Pruthi, Sandhya; Mussallem, Dawn M; “Special considerations of breast cancer management in the elderly”, Breast Cancer Management, 2020 Vol. 9 Pt 4. DOI:10.2217/bmt-2020-0023. [Available via NHS ejournals].
- Borgen, Patrick I ; Senie, Ruby T ; McKinnon, William M. P ; Rosen, Paul Peter; “Carcinoma of the male breast: Analysis of prognosis compared with matched female patients”, Annals of surgical oncology, 1997, Vol.4 Pt.5, pp. 385-388. [Available via Keele and NHS ejournals].
- Calip, Gregory S ; Kidd, John ; Bernhisel, Ryan et al; “Family history of breast cancer in men with non-BRCA male breast cancer: implications for cancer risk counselling”, Breast cancer research and treatment, 2021, Vol.185 Pt. 1, pp.195-204. DOI: 10.1007/s10549-020-05922-w [Request inter-library-loan or see epub ahead of print abstract on PubMed.]
- Giordano, Sharon H; Longo, Dan L; “Breast Cancer in Men”, The New England journal of medicine, 2018 Vol.378 (24), pp.2311-2320. [Available via Keele and NHS ejournals].
- Chahuan,
Badir ; Soza‐Ried, Cristian ;
Fariña, Ariel et al; “Management plan
for breast cancer during the COVID‐19
pandemic. A single‐institution
alternative to treat early breast cancer patients in a short time”, The Breast Journal, 2020 Vol.26 Pt. 8, pp.1603-1605. [Available via Keele and NHS ejournals].
- Sokas,
Claire ; Kelly, Masami ; Sheu, Christina et al; “Cancer in the Shadow of COVID:
Early-Stage Breast and Prostate Cancer Patient Perspectives on Surgical Delays
Due to COVID-19”, Annals of surgical
oncology, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10319-0 Online ahead of print. [Available
via Keele ejournals or as Open access online via PubMed].
PATIENT INFORMARION / PATIENT ADVICE:
- NHS Website
- Breast cancer in women https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-cancer/
- Breast cancer in men https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-cancer-in-men/
- Nice Evidence - Breast cancer with 'Information for the public' filter search https://www.evidence.nhs.uk/search?om=[{%22ety%22:[%22Information%20for%20the%20Public%22]}]&q=breast+cancer&sp=on
- MacMillan Cancer Support – Breast Cancer hhttps://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/breast-cancer
- Cancer Research UK – Breast cancer https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/breast-cancer
- Patient Info
- Breast cancer https://patient.info/cancer/breast-cancer-leaflet
- Breast cancer in men https://patient.info/cancer/breast-cancer-leaflet/breast-cancer-in-men
- Prevent Breast Cancer – About Breast Cancer https://preventbreastcancer.org.uk/about-breast-cancer/
- Breast Cancer Haven – About Breast cancer https://www.breastcancerhaven.org.uk/signs-and-symptoms-2021
- Pink Ribbon Foundation - Breast cancer information https://www.pinkribbonfoundation.org.uk/getsupport-breast-cancer-information
- Clinical Key [available to UHNM only]
- Breast cancer [patient education page] https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_AAFP_breast-cancer_en
- Breast cancer, Female [patient education page] https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_31c2fa38-e796-418d-9635-337e2092da40
- Breast cancer, Male [patient education page] https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_0a9da75c-db4c-4933-867b-1da3a5fbb753
- Ticking off Breast Cancer – Directory of breast cancer charities https://www.tickingoffbreastcancer.com/useful-links-resources/directory-breast-cancer-charities/
CURRENT AWARENESS:
- Health Library current awareness service - Cancer https://www.netvibes.com/healthlibrary_northstaffs#Cancer
- Health Library at County current awareness service - Cancer https://www.protopage.com/pgmclibrary#Cancer
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