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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1999 91(6):558-559; doi:10.1093/jnci/91.6.558
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 91, No. 6, 558-559, March 17, 1999
© 1999 Oxford University Press

BOOK REVIEW

Be a Survivor: Your Guide to Breast Cancer Treatment

Vladimir Lange. Los Angeles (CA): Lange Productions, 1998. 168 pp., illus. $24.95. ISBN 0-9663610-0-8

Merle O'Rourke Thompson

Correspondence to: Merle O'Rourke Thompson, Ph.D., 6012 Morgan Ct., Alexandria, VA 22312.

You may have seen the video, you may have used the CD-ROM, which was reviewed last year in these pages, now you have the book. Based as it is on multimedia presentations that were successful enough to win media prizes, the book is bright, colorful, brisk, pictorial, and informative as were its predecessors. It can be used along with the multimedia versions or on its own as a portable resource.

As many cancer books, this one and its multimedia siblings arose from the breast cancer experience of the author's wife more than a decade ago. In his introduction, Dr. Lange tells us that although he and his wife, a pediatrician, were well-read, composed professionals, familiar . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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