Fighting cancer with knowledge and hope : a guide for patients, families, and health care providers / Richard C. Frank, MD ; illustrations by Gale V. Parsons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frank, Richard C., 1963-

Series:

Yale University press health & wellness

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancer--Popular works.

Cancer.

Cancer--Patients.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anyone who is diagnosed with cancer receives a frightening blow, and in many cases the diagnosis is accompanied by a bewildering array of treatment choices. In this invaluable book, a compassionate and knowledgeable physician explains what cancer is, which factors determine a patient's prognosis, how cancer treatments work to eradicate cancer, why they sometimes fail, and what patients can do to optimize their own survival. The second edition of this essential resource for patients and their families discusses new treatment options that have become available, including targeted therapies, immune therapies, and personalized cancer medicine. Information on the types of medicines used to fight cancer has been completely updated and revised; also included is a new section on alternative cancer therapies. Winner of the 2010 American Medical Writers Association Medical Book Award in the Health Care Professionals-Nonphysician category Winner of the 2010 Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Communication, given by the New England Chapter of the American Medical Writers Association

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Acknowledgments

1. First Steps

2. What Is Cancer?

3. Diagnosis, Staging, Curability

4. Understanding Specific Cancers

5. Why Cancer Develops

6. How Cancer Grows: The Basis of Cancer Treatments

7. Cancer Treatments Revolve Around Metastasis

8. Cancer Treatments at Work

9. Personalized Cancer Medicine: Tailoring Treatment to the Patient

10. Harnessing the Immune System

11. Get Prepared to Survive

Appendix 1. Types of Cancer Medicine

Appendix 2. For More Information

Glossary

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300190939

030019093X

OCLC:

1024044238