Marc Silver

BREAST CANCER HUSBAND
How to Help Your Wife (And Yourself) Through Diagnosis, Treatment, and Beyond
Marc Silver

Written from the husband’s perspective, this book seeks to provide the spouse with the information he needs to comprehend what his wife is going through—and to help her as she ponders the necessary treatment decisions that she must make in this most turbulent of times in a family’s life. Drawing upon his abilities as a reporter, the author has interviewed surgeons and show more oncologists who treat breast cancer patients, as well as the women (and their husbands) who have learned by going through treatment themselves. Using their information and insights as well as his own experience, he navigates the maze of treatment options, the vagaries of each treatment, the frustration of not knowing the answers to so many questions. Why did this happen? What can we do to prevent it from happening again? What does the future hold? show less