This book is not just another book on breast cancer. It is written by a physician who has had the disease twice and candidly relays her experience with the disease. This book also has a thorough and understandable manual on breast cancer diagnosis, a pictorial monograph of actual breast cancer cases, traditional and alternative treatments and life style changes that you can make to beat the disease.About the Author: DEANN AKANDE, M.D., the author of this "must read" book is a AP/CP Board certified Pathologist and a recipient of the Susan G. Komen Award for Breast Cancer. Dr. Akande has 25 years experience as a pathologist and has worked closely with physicians and patients in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. She knows breast cancer as it relates to treating patients and also personally with a mother, one sister, two cousins, and two aunts having the disease and her personal experience with breast cancer at age 34 and again an unusual presentation of the disease 15 years later.