Click here to return to book details FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Email: publicity@regnery.com Phone: 202-216-0600 NOT EVERY FACE OF BREAST CANCER HAS WRINKLES AND GRAY HAIR “But you’re so young!” That’s one of the first things that many woman under age 40 hear when confiding they have breast cancer. Despite the widespread opinion that young women don’t get breast cancer, the reality is that they do, and they are getting cancer at increasing rates nationwide. Yet incredibly, young women are virtually excluded from breast cancer studies; most are conducted on women over the age of 45. Young women with breast cancer – particularly those in their 20’s and 30’s – are severely underrepresented in medical research. As a result, these young women are faced with unanswered questions about their prognosis and their survival rates. In I’M TOO YOUNG TO HAVE BREAST CANCER!, (LifeLine Press Hardcover; October 2004; Price: $24.95) Beth Leibson-Hawkins, freelance health writer, presents the results of her extensive interviews with 16 women age 40 and under– all of whom have been diagnosed with – and overcame—breast cancer. I’M TOO YOUNG TO HAVE BREAST CANCER! illustrates how these young women struggled against ignorance, misinformation, lack of resources, and their lack of control as they faced the biggest challenges of their lives just as they are establishing their own adult identity. Offering hope, comfort, and solid recommendations to other young women with breast cancer, these women’s testimonies tell how they overcame the obstacles they faced and how profoundly their cancer changed their lives — often for the better. Leibson-Hawkins provides an in-depth look into the personal details of their experiences: hearing their diagnoses, deciding on their treatments, and juggling personal and professional situations. Each of these women’s backgrounds also exemplifies how issues of family, intimacy, dating, career, and spirituality suddenly take on new urgency and meaning. Consider: A freelance filmmaker, at 27, facing surgery and chemotherapy with no  medical insurance A dancer, 26, trying to balance dating and intimacy with chemotherapy treatments A social worker, 29, whose miscarriage and diagnosis take her life in an unexpected direction A computer marketing consultant, 40 and single, who desperately wants to have children I’M TOO YOUNG TO HAVE BREAST CANCER! is the only book of its kind to portray the real-life emotional experiences and concerns for the new generation of breast cancer patients. Click here to order from Amazon:   Click here to return to book details