Synopses & Reviews
For more than twenty years,
Choices has been the leading source-book for cancer patients and their families. Fully revised to cover the latest medical and technological breakthroughs,
Choices, Fourth Edition, provides the most up-to-date and essential facts on cancer, from diagnosis to recovery -- medication and nutrition, symptoms and stages, and all available surgical and nonsurgical treatments -- in an accessible, easy-to-use Q&A format. The book also includes checklists of essential questions for your doctor; useful Internet resources; a state-by-state listing of cancer-related programs, organizations, and services; reviews of complementary and alternative therapies; updated listings of chemotherapy drugs and their side effects; the facts on common misconceptions regarding cancer treatments; and advice on practical living concerns for both survivors and caregivers.
Recommended by health-care professionals nationwide, Choices is a unique and invaluable reference. Marion Morra and Eve Potts's clear, compassionate advice is on every page, offering reassurance with the informed knowledge every cancer patient needs to make the right decisions throughout the treatment process.
About the Author
Marion Morra, ScD, is an international expert in health communications. Former associate director of the Yale Cancer Center, she is an associate clinical professor at the Yale School of Nursing in New Haven, CT. Widely published, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society and of the Board of Directors of the International Cancer Information Services Group. She is a consultant to the National Cancer Institute and many major cancer centers across the country.
Table of Contents
Facing the diagnosis -- Searching for answers on the Web -- Choosing your doctor and hospital -- What is cancer? -- Cancer controversies : what you need to know and do -- How cancers are diagnosed -- Treatment -- Surgery -- Radiation treatment -- Chemotherapy -- New advances and investigational treatments -- Understanding complementary and alternative treatments -- Breast cancer -- Prostate cancer and other male cancers -- Lung cancer -- Gastrointestinal and urinary cancers -- Skin cancer -- Adult leukemia -- Hodgkin's Disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and multiple myeloma -- Gynecological cancers -- Bone and soft-tissue sarcomas -- Cancer of the brain and spinal cord -- Head and neck cancers -- When a child has cancer -- Dictionary of unusual cancers -- When cancers recur or metastasize -- Living with cancer -- Where to get help.