After You Hear It's Cancer 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.
After You Hear It's Cancer 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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John Leifer worked for more than thirty years with the major factions comprising healthcare delivery in the United States, including some of the nation's leading hospitals. Most recently, he served as a senior vice president for a ten-hospital system in the Midwest. Leifer founded and published The Leifer Report, a healthcare publication that featured contributors ranging from President Bill Clinton to Newt Gingrich. He has written extensively on healthcare issues and has been published in newspapers and magazines, such as Modern Healthcare, Hospitals & Health Networks, Washington Monthly, and The Kansas City Star. Leifer has also been profiled in several prominent magazines, including Money and Fortune. Lori Lindstrom Leifer, MD, is both a cancer doctor and a cancer patient. As a radiation oncologist, she has provided care to cancer patients for the past twenty-five years. As a faculty member with a NCI-designated Cancer Center, Lori sees a broad array of cases. Prior to her academic affiliation, Lori spent many years serving a largely indigent population in a mission-driven practice. In addition to her clinical practice, Lori holds a teaching position, as an assistant clinical professor, within the University of Kansas School Of Medicine. Lori is a member of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation and Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Society.
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PART 1: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING Prologue: A Life-Changing Experience 1: A Definitive Diagnosis: Setting the Stage for Treatment 2: How Prognosis Influences Your Treatment 3: How to Select your Doctors 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 PART 2: 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 Therapies 14: The Role of Your Caregivers PART 3: AFTER INITIAL TREATMENTS ARE OVER 15: When Initial Treatments Prove 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 Addendum: Essential Resources
PART 1: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLANNING Prologue: A Life-Changing Experience 1: A Definitive Diagnosis: Setting the Stage for Treatment 2: How Prognosis Influences Your Treatment 3: How to Select your Doctors 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 PART 2: 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 Therapies 14: The Role of Your Caregivers PART 3: AFTER INITIAL TREATMENTS ARE OVER 15: When Initial Treatments Prove 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 Addendum: Essential Resources
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