Ten Questions to Ask My Doctor about My Breast Cancer

Ten Questions to Ask My Doctor about My Breast Cancer addresses many of the pivotal decisions patients must navigate when they are newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Intended to orient those with breast cancer to the choices they will face as they meet with their health care providers, this book will help readers feel in control throughout their cancer journey.

There is a vast and growing body of knowledge about breast cancer which considers the various surgeries, types of chemotherapy, targeted therapies, and endocrine therapies now used to fight the disease. Treatment is highly variable from physician to physician and from country to country. Navigating these paths requires an understanding of how care will be delivered as well as the expected benefits, side effects, and possible risks. Renowned breast cancer researchers Dr. Steven Narod and Dr. Katarzyna Jerzak break down the questions most often posed by their patients into chapters, providing readers the fundamental framework needed to enter into an informed discussion with their caregivers.

Ten Questions to Ask My Doctor about My Breast Cancer summarizes up to date research with robust expertise to help alleviate the confusion, anxiety, and stress brought on by a breast cancer diagnosis.

Dr. Steven Narod is a Tier I Canada Research Chair in breast cancer, a full professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and a senior scientist at Women’s College Research Institute, where he leads the Familial Breast Cancer Research Unit. He is one of the most highly cited researchers in the world in the field of breast cancer and is the author of A Fair Trial: The Foundations of Breast Cancer.

Dr. Katarzyna Jerzak is a medical oncologist and clinician investigator at Sunnybrook Hospital’s Odette Cancer Centre, and associate professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto. She is also an associate scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute, where she leads breast oncology clinical trials. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed research manuscripts and serves as a core member of the Research Excellence, Active Leadership (REAL) Canadian Breast Cancer Alliance.