She saves lives: a rare behind-the-scenes look inside the life-and-death workd of breast cancer surgeon Jeanne Petrek, M.D

Article Abstract:

Jeanne Petrek directs Memorial Sloan-Kettering's Evelyn H. Lauder Breast Center in New York City. Her practice involves performing lumpectomies and sentinel node biopsies, seeing patients in her office and leading a national research project. A typical day in her life is described.

New York, Statistical Data Included, Officials and employees, Practice, Oncologists, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, New York), Petrek, Jeanne

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Four women, four choices

Article Abstract:

Four women who were diagnosed of having breast cancer talk about the kind of surgery they chose to undergo to address their condition. For a middle age married woman, the decision to choose back-flap reconstruction with an implant after mastectomy yielded psychological benefits.

Psychological aspects, Cancer patients

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Are we close to a cure?

Article Abstract:

The personal narrative is presented of a survivor of breast cancer, who discovered a lump during a routine check up when she was 46. Eight years on, she reviews the growth in the range of cancer treatment which has resulted in fewer deaths and more choice for patients.

Drug therapy, Breast diseases

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