
Confronting Cancer
How To Care For Today And Tomorrow
Michael Sherry(Author)
Da Capo Press Inc
Published on 22. March 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
375 pages
978-0-306-44644-3 (ISBN)
Description
From the moment of diagnosis, the cancer patient embarks on a journey that can prove both daunting and overwhelming. Fears and choices abound, along with the need to understand the nature and ramifications of the specific illness. Having witnessed this devastating predicament among countless patients in his own extensive practice as a cancer specialist, Dr. Michael Sherry felt compelled to write a lucid and comprehensive cancer handbook for patients and their families coping with the daily reality of the disease. Confronting Cancer: How to Care for Today and Tomorrow is a practical and readily understandable resource book that interprets the complexities of cancer for the layperson. In order to guide the patient and caregiver through the successive phases of the disease, including diagnosis, treatment, and day-to-day living, Dr. Sherry has carefully organized the book into three parts: Part One emphasizes the distinctive nature of specific cancers (such as breast, lung, skin, and colon) and explains the basic rationale for treatment Part Two discusses orthodox and unorthodox therapies and Part Three details common problems encountered by the patient (including getting a second opinion, frequent symptoms, and pain control). The author also includes vital information on the nature and treatment of less familiar cancers affecting bladder and kidney function, the testicular area, and "unknown primary organ." While the vast majority of the over one million cancer patients in the United States receive technically sophisticated treatments, most patients are bewildered by the intricacies of the treatment process. Confronting Cancer clearly explains major cancer treatments, including chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, bone marrow transplantation, investigational therapy, "no therapy," and the dangers of cancer quackery.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Hachette Books
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
562 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-44644-3 (9780306446443)
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Person
Michael M. Sherry M.D., a practicing medical oncologist in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, is also involved in clinical research with the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project and the Southwest Oncology Group. Upon graduation from the University of Pittsburgh's School of Medicine, Dr. Sherry completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a fellowship in Hematology at Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh, and a fellowship in Medical Oncology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Sherry resides in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, with his wife and four children.
Content
* I The Kinds of Cancer * Breast Cancer * Lung Cancer * Colon and Rectal Cancer * Prostate Cancer * Gynecologic Cancers * Skin Cancer: Melanoma and Nonmelanoma * Lymphoma: Hodgkin''s Disease and Non-Hodgkin''s Lymphoma * Leukemia * Urinary Tract Cancers: Bladder and Kidney * Testicular Cancer * Cancer of Unknown Primary Site * II Cancer Treatments * Surgical Therapy of Cancer * Radiation Therapy * Chemotherapy and Hormonal Therapy * Bone Marrow Transplantation * Biological Therapy of Cancer * Investigational Therapy: Clinical Trials in Cancer Treatment * No Therapy * Cancer Quackery * III Common Problems Encountered by the Cancer Patient * Getting a Second Opinion * Day-to-Day Symptoms * Cancer and the Elderly * Control of Cancer Pain * Getting One''s Affairs in Order * The Next Step: Being a Survivor * Appendix A: Resources * Appendix B: Index of Case Studies * Appendix C: Suggested Readings * Index