The Breast Cancer Prevention Plan [Paperback]

Edward J Conley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 6, 2005

A breakthrough 20-step program that reduces breast cancer risk and gives you the latest information on new therapies

Written by the host of the PBS special ”Reducing Your Breast Cancer Risk,” this book outlines the 20 proven steps women can take to significantly lower breast cancer risk, and shatters generally-accepted myths about breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy. With information on supplements that can bolster your breast cancer suppression genes, antioxidants that can protect breasts from damage, and household chemicals that silently increase risk, The Breast Cancer Prevention Plan is essential reading.

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From the Back Cover

A breakthrough twenty-step program for reducing your breast cancer risk by up to 90 percent!

--Includes exciting news about a safe form of hormone replacement therapy

Do you know that only 20 to 30 percent of breast cancer is due to heredity? That means that most forms of breast cancer can be avoided. Unfortunately, most doctors are unaware of the latest findings about what causes breast cancer and how women can protect themselves. Based on Dr. Edward Conley's original research, as well as landmark scientific studies, this book delivers a complete twenty-step breast cancer prevention plan that includes information on:

• Simple, inexpensive tests that measure how at-risk you are
• Vitamins and supplements that can bolster your breast-cancer suppression genes
• Antioxidants that naturally protect your breasts from the causes of breast cancer
• Delicious and inexpensive foods that cut breast cancer risk by up to 50 percent
• How to avoid or neutralize chemicals and food additives that increase your risk
• A safe form of estrogen that controls menopausal symptoms without increasing your breast cancer risk

About the Author

Edward Conley, M.D., is an assistant clinical professor of medicine at Michigan State University and an affiliate physician of the Cleveland Clinic. He is the author of America Exhausted and host of the PBS special "10 Secrets to Reducing Your Breast Cancer Risk," airing on 100 stations in the United States and Canada.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (September 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071463879
• ISBN-13: 978-0071463874
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,475,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource for breast cancer prevention worries, October 4, 2005

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DJ "hate2clean" (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Breast Cancer Prevention Plan (Paperback)

I borrowed this book from my local library and went to Amazon to purchase it, it is that informative. I am concerned about breast cancer (with a family history) and am currently on Tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer. I wanted some answers about using preventative drugs like this and possible alternatives. This book has the information I need to further discuss this with my doctor. It explains diet, supplements and testing in a technical manner but it also summarizes everthing more simply at the end of each step. There is a great explanation of estrogen, too.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Voted Breast Cancer Prevention Book of the Year 2005, October 19, 2005

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special K - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Breast Cancer Prevention Plan (Paperback)

This book has been voted book of the year by the American Breast Cancer Prevention Foundation for 2005. We feel very strongly that every woman should read this book. We no longer agree with American doctors who wait until you have breast cancer and then fight a "war" on that cancer...a war that has 200,000 casualties per year. The very best treatment for breast cancer is to never get it in the first place and that's why we recommend DR Conley's book so strongly. Kimberly Redburn for the American Breast Cancer Prevention Foundation. abcpf.com

5.0 out of 5 stars Showing this book to my doctor., October 13, 2010

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Mary F. Anderson "maryfran" (orinda, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Breast Cancer Prevention Plan (Paperback)

I poked around through the web and amazon listings several years ago and found this book almost by accident Here is what I like about it:

It is written by a specialist in preventive medicine, a discipline which our out of whack health system ignores.

He backs up his suggestions with research results which are based on (a) laboratory animal experiments (b) scientifically accurate depictions of the metabolic pathways which show how the suggestion works and (c) epidemiological studies.

It does not get any better than this!

This is NOT your standard popular breast cancer book written to increase sales. Nor does it advocate unproven alternative remedies in glowing terms.

I know enough statistics that I am not sure I buy the 70 to 80% reduction in breast cancer incidence he claims. But I am absolutely sure that his recommendations dramatically reduce both incidence and death from breast cancer at a significantly higher rate than that given by regular mammograms. (BTW, I am still getting the regular mammograms)

I have probably had fifty yearly visits to the ob gyn guy and twenty mammograms. I have read fifty to a hundred articles on cancer prevention and breast cancer. I have taken the breast cancer exam given on the Internet. I choose the most reliable sources I can find. In all that time I have seen exactly one reference to his suggested practices. I quote that reference, which I believe came from the Harvard Medical School. 'It is known that consumption of soy products reduces the incidence of breast cancer, but it is impossible to incorporate that in the American diet.'

The last mammogram I had was at a new breast center. A valet parked my car, the lobby had a waterfall, and an attendant handed me a stylish heated robe. Totally irrelevant! My mammogram was examined by a supersharp radiologist proficient at maybe finding minute clusters of cancer cells -- but unable to tell me how likely these were to progress to a cancer. (Not very, I think). Spending the time reading Dr. Conley's book would have given my chances of avoiding or surviving breast cancer a much, much, much better boost.