Defeating Breast Cancer

<p>When Dr. Stacey Keen a radiologist viewed her own screening mammogram she immediately knew she had cancer. <I>Defeating Breast Cancer: A Physician's Story of Healing Martial Arts and Life</I> maps out her journey through diagnosis treatment and triumph. </p><p>In telling her story Dr. Keen relays not only her mental and emotional journey but also her experience with complementary medicine (acupuncture) and her traditional course of treatment (surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiation therapy). Dr. Keen is candid witty and knowledgeable and she offers a unique perspective as medical expert patient and survivor in one. Doctors as well as cancer patients and their loved ones will come away from her uplifting book well-informed less apprehensive of life-saving treatments and armed with invaluable resources. </p><p>Dr. Keen's tale of survival brings encouragement hope and empowerment to anyone struggling with breast cancer or other life-threatening illnesses. </p><p><BLOCKQUOTE><I>Humor positive attitude and the best of Eastern and Western philosophy and medicine: I enlisted them all to maximize my chances of survival and to grow through this experience. Those who seek a somber tome about breast cancer should look elsewhere. Those who stay with me through these pages will glimpse a way of coping with cancer that I hope can brighten their lives.</I></BLOCKQUOTE><P>