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An unusually comforting and genuinely useful resource.
For anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, or for those who have friends of family facing this illness, this guide will be an extremely invaluable resource. Patients at any stage of the disease will find rich, useful information that can help them cope more effectively with their illness.
Ryan and Jackson offer patients and their families useful step-by-step advice. It comes at a time of unusual excitement in the field, thanks to new treatments that hold the promise of making long, full lives with cancer far more common.
I recommend this fantastic step-by-step guidebook to anyone dealing with cancer as a patient, or as a family member or friend. It is also a basic book for carers and support workers and a fantastic resource for nurses and doctors to refresh their knowledge.
Living with Cancer is comprehensive, straightforward, and just plain wise. From the practical details of diagnosis and treatment to the deep meaning of hope, it offers answers to the questions that people facing cancer have and guidance for how to live—truly live—with this disease. If you have cancer, or love someone who does, read this.
This essential guide serves as a medical GPS, helping cancer patients understand what just happened, where they are now, and their options about where they are going.
From the practical details of diagnosis and treatment to the deep meaning of hope, this book is filled with all the questions most people facing cancer have and the answers needed to live as well as possible. Everyone facing cancer and everyone who loves them should read this book.
Readable right from the start, this great book's joint approach of palliative care and oncology fits with the American Society of Clinical Oncology's new guidelines: within the first 8 weeks, every seriously ill cancer patient should be seen by an interdisciplinary palliative care team along with their oncologist.
A spectacular guide for anyone facing a cancer diagnosis.
A unique and greatly needed book. Written by experts in the fields who are used to working together as a team, Living with Cancer covers the breadth and depth of cancer care for patients and families. Authoritative yet easy to understand, it combines best evidence with patient examples in a cohesive way that feels like a conversation with a very skilled, experienced, and compassionate doctor.
An excellent book which describes the optimal integration of general oncology and palliative care for anyone living with cancer across the cancer continuum.
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Publication Date
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Available
Trim Size
6
x 9
Pages
368
ISBN
9781421422336
Illustration Description
11 line drawings
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: How am I Going to Get Through This?
Part I: Making Sense of Your Diagnosis
Chapter 2: Setting the Goals of Treatment
Chapter 3: Understanding the Biology of Cancer
Chapter 4: What Is a Liquid
Chapter 1: How am I Going to Get Through This?
Part I: Making Sense of Your Diagnosis
Chapter 2: Setting the Goals of Treatment
Chapter 3: Understanding the Biology of Cancer
Chapter 4: What Is a Liquid Tumor?
Chapter 5: How to Prepare for Treatment
Chapter 6: Tests and Scans in Treatment
Chapter 7: How Am I Supposed to Cope with This?
Chapter 8: How Do I Cope with Changes in My Body?
Part II: Managing Symptoms and Side Effects
Chapter 9: Controlling Nausea
Chapter 10: Managing Constipation, Diarrhea, and Bowel Obstruction
Chapter 11: Minimizing Pain
Chapter 12: Should I Worry about Shortness of Breath?
Chapter 13: What If I'm Losing Weight?
Chapter 14: What if I Have a Sudden Fever?
Chapter 15: Bleeding and Clotting Issues
Chapter 16: Why am I So Exhausted?
Chapter 17: Why Do People Keep Asking if I Am Depressed or Anxious?
Chapter 18: How Does Cancer Affect My Brain?
Part III: Dealing with Progressing Cancer
Chapter 19: They Tell Me the Cancer Is Progressing
Chapter 20: Living and Hoping with Advancing Cancer
Chapter 21: What About Practical Concerns?
Chapter 22: My Doctor Says that Chemotherapy Is No Longer Effective
Chapter 23: My Body Feels Like It's Shutting Down
Chapter 24: What Is a Good Death?
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