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.
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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