100 Questions and Answers About Cancer Symptoms and Cancer Treatment Side Effects

by Joanne Frankel Kelvin, Leslie Tyson

Overview

100 Questions&Answers About Cancer Symptoms and Cancer Treatment Side Effects, Second Edition provides authoritative answers to the most commonly asked questions about cancer symptoms and treatments. Written by cancer professionals and featuring comments from actual patients, this handy guide gives you the information you need to understand the disease and manage treatment side effects. This completely revised and updated version includes topics on cancer treatment options such as surgeries, targeted therapy, biologic therapies, alternative treatments; sexuality, fertility, pregnancy issues, pain and fatigue management, and more! Accessible, informative, compact, 100 Questions&Answers About Cancer Symptoms and Cancer Treatment Side Effects, Second Edition is a unique resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotion turmoil of cancer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781449617943
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	02/15/2010
Series:	100 Q&AS Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	371 KB

About the Author

Division of GI Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Table of Contents

Part 1 Cancer and Cancer Treatment
Part 2 Getting Information and Making Decisions
Part 3 Comfort, Activity, and Sleep
Part 4 Blood Counts and Skin Problems
Part 5 Problems with Breathing, Nutrition, Digestion, and Urination
Part 6 Appearance and Sexual Issue s
Part 7 Neurologic Problems, Fluid Retention, and Blood Chemistry
Part 8 Other Health-Related Issue s
Part 9 Emotional and Social Concerns