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After you hear it's cancer : a guide to navigating the difficult journey ahead / / John Leifer ; with Lori Lindstrom Leifer, MD



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Autore: Leifer John <1957-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: After you hear it's cancer : a guide to navigating the difficult journey ahead / / John Leifer ; with Lori Lindstrom Leifer, MD Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
Disciplina: 616.99/4
Soggetto topico: Cancer - Treatment
Cancer - Patients
Cancer
Persona (resp. second.): LeiferLori Lindstrom
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Prologue; I: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning; 1 A Definitive Diagnosis; 2 How Prognosis Influences Your Treatment; 3 How to Select Your Doctors and Treatment Facilities; 4 Genetic Testing in Diagnosis and Treatment; 5 Making Sense of Your Treatment Options; 6 Understanding Clinical Trials; 7 The Importance of Getting a Second Opinion; II: During Active Treatment; 8 The Emotional Roller Coaster of Cancer; 9 Methods to Minimize Side Effects; 10 Make Nutrition and Exercise Part of Your Treatment Plan; 11 What to Expect from Pain Control; 12 How to Manage the Cost of Cancer
13 When Considering Complementary Therapies14 The Role of Your Caregivers; III: After Initial Treatments Are Over; 15 When Initial Treatment Proves Insufficient; 16 The Challenges of Surviving Cancer; 17 Difficult Decisions at the End of the Journey; 18 Choosing to Stop Treatment and the Role of Hospice; A Final Word from Lori; Resources; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: <span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">After You Hear It's Cancer</span><span> offers a step-by-step guide for recently diagnosed patients and their families as they embark on this arduous journey. The authors integrate cutting-edge research with the perspectives of numerous cancer patients to provide an empathic, but pragmatic handbook that should be required reading for every cancer patient.</span></span>
Titolo autorizzato: After you hear it's cancer  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4422-4626-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910811883903321
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