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Breast Cancer Diagnosis & Treatment Guide

The State of California requires that doctors give a copy of  "A Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment" to a patient about to have a breast biopsy or who has been diagnosed with cancer. 

The guide was developed by The California Department of Health Services, Breast Cancer Early Detection Program.

A Woman's Guide to Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

The booklet is a valuable guide, intended to help a woman become an informed partner in making choices with her health care team.

Instructions for Viewing or Printing the Guide

Depending upon the speed of your internet connection, you may want to view the booklet chapter by chapter (for slower connections) or the complete booklet as a whole.  In either case, the printed documents will appear as they do on your screen - as one page per paper, in successive order.

Adobe Reader is required for printing the chapters.  All documents will open in a new browser window.

Chapter 1 Introduction 40KB
Chapter 2 Breast Biopsy 78KB
Chapter 3 Making a Decision 250KB
Chapter 4 About Breast Cancer 89KB
Chapter 5 Treatment Options 414KB
Chapter 6 Emotional Healing 120KB
Chapter 7 Helpful Information 65KB
  Complete Booklet 1.89MB

How to Order

The booklet is FREE to physicians who diagnose or treat breast cancer. Physicians may order additional copies of this publication by writing to: 

Breast Cancer Treatment Options
Medical Board of California
1426 Howe Ave. Suite 54 
Sacramento, CA  95825 

Fax requests to (916) 263-2479 

Please specify number of copies,  and provide your return address. 
Please note that the number of copies per order may be limited.

January, 1995 (5th Printing, April 2000).

 
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