Breast Cancer Black Woman [Hardcover]

Edwin T. Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1994 | ISBN-10: 0963543504 | ISBN-13: 978-0963543509 | Edition: 1

This 240 page well researched hard cover book is packed with information to assist families in handling choices regarding the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Although all women will find it useful, it targets African American women who represent a particularly vulnerable population. The breast cancer mortality is disproportionately high in all age groups; and before age 40, the incidence of breast cancer in African Americans is twice that of the general population.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...I'm grateful to Dr Edwin T Johnson for publishing BREAST CANCER/BLACK WOMAN, as I believe it will give African American women in our area additional tools to understand and live with breast cancer. -- Willie L Brown, Jr--Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco

BREAST CANCER/BLACK WOMAN should become a permanent part of every woman's personal health library. -- Yvonne S Thornton, MD MPH--Author: "The Ditch Diggers Daughters"

Breast Cancer/Black Woman dedicated to help African American women survive breast cancer, is one that that meets the challenge providing valuable information needed to increase the early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer.... -- LaSalle D Leffall, Jr MD FACS--Past President, American Cancer Society

Dr. Edwin T Johnson provides essential information and awareness of a primary concern-breast cancer and its pervasiveness among black women.... -- Jessye Norman, Soprano

Thank God for Dr Johnson researching and sharing with us factual information abut breast cancer among African American women. -- Augusta Gale, RN MPH--Breast Cancer Activist and Author: "Older Than My Mother"

This book, Breast Cancer/Black Woman, takes up the task of helping inform and thereby empower African American women to participate in the fight against breast cancer and the struggle to survive. Thank you Dr Johnson. -- Whitney and Cissy Houston --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Edwin T Johnson, MD--a retired general surgeon, has a long-standing interest in breast cancer. Early on he was struck with the number of cases in black women below age 40, which is twice the distribution as the general population. He contends that delaying mammography until age forty is partially responsible for the fact that most cancer are advanced when first seen in young black women. This, of course, leads to a higher mortality. A 1953 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Dr Johnson received the MD degree from Meharry Medical College in 1957. He practiced surgery for many years in San Francisco and was an Instructor in Surgery at the University of California--San Francisco General Hospital. Currently he resides with his wife and son in Montgomery, Alabama and is a Peer Review Officer (Surgery) for the Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation. During October (Breast Cancer Awareness Month) Dr Johnson provides free mammography and treatment for breast cancer to the under-served in the Montgomery area. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Van Slyke & Bray; 1 edition (March 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963543504
• ISBN-13: 978-0963543509
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,011,111 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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