Kathy Steligo

Kathy Steligo has more than a nodding acquaintance with breast cancer. Diagnosed twice, she has had five biopsies, two lumpectomies, radiation, sentinel node biopsy, genetic counseling, genetic testing, bilateral mastectomies, tissue expanders, implant reconstruction, and GAP flap reconstruction.

Kathy's works include the following, all published by Johns Hopkins University Press:

Author

• The Complete Guide to Breast Reconstruction: Choosing the Best Options after
  Your Mastectomy (2023)

• The Breast Reconstruction Guidebook, 3rd, 4th editions (2012, 2017)

Co-Author

• Living with Hereditary Cancer Risk: What You and Your Family Need to Know (2022)

  The Breast Cancer Book (2022)

• Confronting Chronic Pain (2013)

• Confronting Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (2012)

Kathy is also Editor-at-Large for Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered (FORCE), the voice of the hereditary cancer community.