Prologue; I: Diagnosis and Treatment Planning; 1 A Definitive Diagnosis; 2 How Prognosis Influences Your Treatment; 3 How to Select Your Doctors and Treatment Facilities; 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; II: 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 Therapies14 The Role of Your Caregivers; III: After Initial Treatments Are Over; 15 When Initial Treatment Proves 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; A Final Word from Lori; Resources; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
<Span style=""font-style:italic;"">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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
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