About The Author
Maria Priestley
Maria Priestley, nee Jones, was born in the village of Conisbrough, South Yorkshire. Entered nurse training as a mature student at the School of Nursing at Rotherham District General Hospital. After several years working in the hospital setting, trained as a Practice Nurse and eventually became a Nurse Practitioner within a walk-in centre. Now lives in Harlington, a village in South Yorkshire, with her Husband, she has two sons and three grandchildren.
SURVIVING
Breast Cancer
Research through the Decades
Revised Edition
Surviving Breast Cancer: Research Through the Decades is a deeply personal and carefully researched account of what it truly means to live through, and beyond, a breast cancer diagnosis.
Written by former Nurse Practitioner Maria Priestley, this book weaves together lived experience, academic research, and the voices of other women who have faced breast cancer across different stages of life. Drawing on decades of professional nursing practice and personal survival, the author offers an honest portrayal of diagnosis, treatment decisions, body image, reconstruction, emotional resilience, and the long road of recovery.
Written by former Nurse Practitioner Maria Priestley, this book weaves together lived experience, academic research, and the voices of other women who have faced breast cancer across different stages of life. Drawing on decades of professional nursing practice and personal survival, the author offers an honest portrayal of diagnosis, treatment decisions, body image, reconstruction, emotional resilience, and the long road of recovery.
