Chemotherapy and Radiation for Dummies

Informationen zum Autor Alan P. Lyss, MD, is a medical oncologist. Humberto M. Fagundes, MD, is a radiation oncologist. Patricia Corrigan is a professional writer and cancer survivor. Klappentext An informative, compassionate guide for cancer patients and their loved onesEach year, more than 1 million people get treated for cancer, and most of these will undergo chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or both. This reassuring, optimistic guide helps people get a handle on treatment options and explains in plain English how chemotherapy and radiation therapy really work. It offers detailed advice on how to alleviate and cope with side effects-which range from hair loss to nausea to anemia-and describes how good nutrition, meditation, support groups, and other techniques and resources can help in the recovery process. Zusammenfassung An informative, compassionate guide for cancer patients and their loved onesEach year, more than 1 million people get treated for cancer, and most of these will undergo chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or both. This reassuring, optimistic guide helps people get a handle on treatment options and explains in plain English how chemotherapy and radiation therapy really work. It offers detailed advice on how to alleviate and cope with side effects-which range from hair loss to nausea to anemia-and describes how good nutrition, meditation, support groups, and other techniques and resources can help in the recovery process. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 What You Don't Have to Read 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 How This Book Is Organized 3 Part I: Your Journey Through Cancer Treatments: Preparing for the Trip 3 Part II: Your Choices along the Way: Making Good Ones 3 Part III: Chemotherapy: What to Expect and How to Deal with Side Effects 4 Part IV: Radiation: What to Expect and How to Deal with Side Effects 4 Part V: Your Success Strategies: Assembling Your Support Team 4 Part VI: Your Future after Cancer Treatments: Looking Ahead 4 Part VII: The Part of Tens 5 Glossary 5 Icons Used in This Book 5 Where to Go from Here 6 Part I: Your Journey Through Cancer Treatments: Preparing for the Trip 7 Chapter 1: Recognizing the Realities of Chemotherapy and Radiation 9 Making Peace with Your Diagnosis 10 Registering your emotions 10 Taking time to process the news 10 Experiencing a range of emotions 11 Telling family and friends 11 Gathering Information 12 Shopping for Cancer Specialists 12 Finding good doctors 13 Preparing to embrace a new culture 14 Considering Options 15 Understanding chemotherapy and radiation 15 Looking into clinical trials 16 Taking a chance on a transplant 16 Exploring Virtual Chemotherapy 17 Getting started on chemo 17 Taking care of your immune system 17 Signing up for side effects 17 Trying on Radiation Therapy for Size 18 Getting set up for the first treatment 18 Managing side effects 19 Sending for Help 19 Making room on the team bus 20 Practicing good nutrition 20 Tending to your spirit 21 Finding support from strangers 21 Looking Beyond Cancer Treatments 22 Beginning anew 22 Returning to square one 23 Making peace with a new you 23 Chapter 2: The Mutants Take Over: A Primer on Cancer 25 Demystifying the "C" Word 26 Understanding how cancer develops 27 What causes cancer? 28 Listing the types of cancer 29 Differentiating among tumors 30 Watching the Immune System in Action 30 Discovering How Treatments Fight Back 32 Considering Risk Factors 34 Blaming your genes 34 L...

List of contents

Introduction.
 
Part I: Your Journey Through Cancer Treatments: Preparing for the Trip.
 
Chapter 1: Recognizing the Realities of Chemotherapy and Radiation.
 
Chapter 2: The Mutants Take Over: A Primer on Cancer.
 
Chapter 3: You Will Be Tested: What All Those Tests Show.
 
Part II: Your Choices along the Way: Making Good Ones.
 
Chapter 4: Defining Chemotherapy: The Anticancer Drugs.
 
Chapter 5: Defining Radiation: A Burning Issue.
 
Chapter 6: Setting New Standards: The Role of Clinical Trials.
 
Chapter 7: Getting a Second Chance: Bone Marrow Transplants.
 
Part III: Chemotherapy: What to Expect and How to Deal with Side Effects.
 
Chapter 8: What to Expect During Chemotherapy: A Head-to-Toe Mouthwash.
 
Chapter 9: Gimme a Boost: Immune and Bone Marrow Stimulants.
 
Chapter 10: Coping with Serious Side Effects of Chemotherapy.
 
Chapter 11: Coping with Less Serious Side Effects of Chemotherapy.
 
Part IV: Radiation: What to Expect and How to Deal with Side Effects.
 
Chapter 12: What to Expect During Radiation: Tattoos and Moisturizer.
 
Chapter 13: Coping with Side Effects of Radiation Therapy.
 
Part V: Your Success Strategies: Assembling Your Support Team.
 
Chapter 14: Your Health Professionals: Your Friends and Guides.
 
Chapter 15: Good Nutrition: Eating Right No Matter How You Feel.
 
Chapter 16: Meeting Spiritual Needs: Turning to Prayer and Meditation.
 
Chapter 17: Finding a Support Group: Realizing You Are Not Alone.
 
Part VI: Your Future after Cancer Treatments: Looking Ahead.
 
Chapter 18: Finishing Therapy: An End and a Beginning.
 
Chapter 19: Dealing with Recurrence: Here We Go Again.
 
Chapter 20: Defining Yourself after Cancer: The New Normal.
 
Part VII: The Part of Tens.
 
Chapter 21: Ten Myths about Cancer.
 
Chapter 22: Ten Ways for Family and Friends to Help You.
 
Chapter 23: Ten Things Beyond Your Control.
 
Chapter 24: Ten Ways Life Will Be Better after Cancer.
 
Chapter 25: Ten Sources for More Information.
 
Glossary.
 
Index.

Summary

Each year, more than 1 million people get treated for cancer, and most of these will undergo chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or both. This reassuring, optimistic guide helps people get a handle on treatment options and explains in plain English how chemotherapy and radiation therapy really work.

Report

"...spiced with humour ... succeeds in demystofying cancer therapy ... a compassionate and practical book ... a welcome addition to cancer patient literature..." ( Cancer World , April 2006)

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Corrigan, Corrigan Patricia, Humbert Fagundes, Humberto Fagundes, Fagundes Humberto, Alan Lyss, Alan P Lyss, Alan P. Lyss, Alan P. Fagundes Lyss, Ap Lyss, Lyss Alan P.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.04.2005
• EAN: 9780764578328
• ISBN: 978-0-7645-7832-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: For Dummies; For Dummies
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Chemotherapie, Bestrahlung, Health & Social Care, Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen, Private Gesundheitsvorsorge, Consumer Health General