An invaluable book for breast cancer patients, Navigating Breast Cancer: A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed offers authoritative, practical advice from a breast cancer survivor and medical professional. Lillie Shockney, Administrative Director of the Johns Hopkins Avon Foundation Breast Center, Instructor in the Department of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Medicine, and tireless breast cancer patient advocate, provides expert guidance as you embark on your journey, helping you gain an understanding about your treatment options and planning, reducing your anxiety and helping you regain a sense of control.  Navigating Breast Cancer provides key information on initial consultations, treatment options and the decision-making process, breast cancer centers, communicating the news of diagnosis to your loved ones, pre- and post-surgery quality of life, sexual intimacy, adjuvant treatment after surgery, targeted therapy, financial issues of treatment, celebrating treatment completion and survivorship, as well as the future of breast cancer, additional resources for patients and their families, and much more.