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Everything You Need to Know About Cancer in Language You Can Understand

Author(s): Matthew D. Galsky, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Director, Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The Tisch Cancer Institute, New York, New York
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763764548
  • Paperback    136 pages      © 2010
Price: International Sales $28.95 US List
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Overview

In this unique guide, Dr. Matthew D. Galsky explains the basics of "what cancer is" in understandable terms so that newly diagnosed cancer patients, their family, and their friends can make educated decisions about their cancer treatment options. Everything You Need to Know About Cancer explains what cancer is, how it is diagnosed, and how it is treated.

Key topics include:

  • The most important questions to ask your doctor
  • Sources of support
  • How to treat side effects
  • Information on clinical trials and the importance of clinical trial results
  • Pathology reports
  • Cancer "staging"

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  • A resource for cancer patients, their families and their friends
  • A primer on how cancer happens and how it is diagnosed treated
  • What are the best ways to treat cancer side effects?
  • What is chemotherapy and what is radiation therapy?
  • What questions should I ask my doctor?


 

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Chapter  1  So what is cancer, anyway?
Chapter  2  What is the bone marrow and why is it important in cancer?
Chapter  3  How is cancer diagnosed?
Chapter  4  What is a pathology report?
Chapter  5  What is cancer “staging”? How is cancer treated?
Chapter  6  Why do I have to see more than one kind of doctor?
Chapter  7  What is chemotherapy?
Chapter  8  What is radiation therapy?
Chapter  9  Why do I have blood drawn at every appointment? What is being tested and what do the results mean?
Chapter  10  Why do I have to undergo all these different types of scans?
Chapter  11  What are the most important questions I should ask my doctor?
Chapter  12  My friend says “X” about cancer, is it true?
Chapter  13  I am an individual, not a statistic why are clinical trials and their results so important?
Chapter  14  What can I do about these side effects?
Chapter  15  I feel like I am going through this alone where can I get some help and support?
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Matthew D. Galsky, MD-Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Director, Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The Tisch Cancer Institute, New York, New York

Dr. Matthew Galsky completed his training in internal medicine at Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School. He then pursued subspecialty training completing a fellowship in medical oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center where he was selected to serve as the Chief Medical Oncology Fellow. After completing training, Dr. Galsky joined the faculty at Sloan-Kettering. He now practices in New York where he lives with his wife and children. His interests include early phase drug development for the treatment of cancer and speaking to patients “in language they can understand.”

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