Understanding Cancer: a Patient's Guide to Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Treatment
- List Price: $39.95
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publish date: 12/01/2001
Today, people with cancer face more alternatives and decisions than ever before -- a situation that can be daunting, Dr. Coleman notes, but ultimately empowering. While most doctors try to provide complete information to their patients, it's impossible for any health care professional to provide all the detailed information a patient and family really need to make informed decisions about treatment. Although this book does not provide recommendations about a specific medical problem and its treatment, it does explain how the benefits of treatment are assessed, how to interpret the results of those assessments, and how to be a full partner in determining the course of medical treatment. Topics include:
-- Diagnosis and Treatment: What You Can Expect
-- Cancer: Where Does It Come From?
-- Diagnostic Tests and Staging Studies: Gathering Information
-- Making Decisionsabout Treatment: How Success Is Measured
-- Weighing the Long-Term Risks and Benefits of Treatment
-- An Overview of Conventional Treatments
-- Participating in Research Trials: What They're All About
-- Patient Stories: Four Clinical Case Studies
-- Patient's Checklist
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