Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer in the U.S., with over 170,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Despite this, it receives little attention from the media and little sympathy from the public. Those with lung cancer suffer more blame and stigma than other cancer patients, even though 50 percent of them are former smokers or have never smoked. Treatments for lung cancer can significantly impact quality of life, and the prognosis for some types and stages of lung cancer, using standard treatments, can be daunting.In straightforward language, Lung Cancer: Making Sense of Diagnosis, Treatment &amp; Options addresses medical, emotional, and support needs, often in the words of patients and families themselves. Topics include:
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<li>Diagnosis and medical tests</li>
<li>Characteristics of the lung cancers, factors in prognosis, and the various subtypes and staging systems for the disease</li>
<li>Treatments, including standard treatments for the subtypes, as well as emerging research and promising treatments now in clinical trials</li>
<li>Side effects and long-term effects of treatment, including how to cope and how to improve quality of life</li>
<li>Emotional responses to diagnosis, treatment, remission, possible recurrence, and other aspects of dealing with the condition, including stories from dozens of families living with lung cancer</li>
<li>Getting support from family, friends, employers, and the broader community</li>
<li>Comprehensive list of lung cancer resources: organizations, print, online sites</li>
<li>Other resources, including a pull-out Cancer Survivor's Treatment Record, glossary, bibliography, and technical appendices</li>
</ul>Author and patient advocate Lorraine Johnston, with her background in life sciences, emphasizes using knowledge to dispel fear. The content has been reviewed by top medical experts and physicians in the field. Those who read this book will encounter medical facts simply explained, advice to ease their daily life, and tools to be strong advocates for themselves or a family member.

Lung Cancer: Making Sense of Diagnosis, Treatment, and Options

Johnston, Lorraine

Parenting & Relationships

Patient Centered Guides

This book presents the key interactions in local government and public enterprise, drawing together the challenges for local governance in the practice of public entrepreneurship and its response to collaboration, place and place making. Specifically, this book includes the impact of local partnerships and public entrepreneurs in local policy implementation. It is written by established authors bringing together their experience and practice of local partnerships and public entrepreneurship in place-based strategies, and will be of value to local government, new forms of enterprise partnerships, wider agencies and public entrepreneurship scholars as well as policymakers responsible for implementation of place-based regeneration. This text will be of key interest to students, scholars and practitioners in public administration, business administration, local government, entrepreneurship, public sector management and more broadly to those with interests in public policy, business and management, political science, economics, urban studies and geography.

Public Enterprise and Local Place: New Perspectives on Theory and Practice (Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy)

Fenwick, John

Reference

Routledge

Public Enterprise and Local Place (Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy)

Prior to publication of this resource guide, no book on the market targeted the non-Hodgkin's lymphoma survivor's need for understandable information. While there are medical texts on the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas as well as inspirational first-person accounts from survivors of related cancers such as leukemia, between these two sources of information existed a considerable information gap.
In straightforward language and in a format that anticipates the reader's questions, this book addresses diagnosis and its emotional tumult, finding a good oncologist, the theories and practical aspects of treatment, characteristics of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, side effects and long-term effects of treatment, medical tests and procedures, and prognoses. 
Other topics of interest examined are coping with hospitalization, stress and its effects on the immune system, sexuality and fertility after treatment, how to interact successfully with medical personnel, and getting support from family, friends, employers and the broader community. The end of successful treatment and its sometimes surprising effects on one's emotions are covered in a separate chapter, as is the experience of relapse and how to select second-line treatment to regain remission. Clinical trials of promising new therapies grounded in Western medicine are covered in depth. The theories and experiences of marrow transplantation and stem cell support are surveyed. Two frank chapters on recordkeeping, finances, insurance, employment issues, traveling for care, and finding free treatment are included. Throughout the text and in several appendices, the reader is referred to other books, Web sites, and organizations that can provide more detail on a given topic.
This book is intended for both newly diagnosed and long-term survivors of the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, their caregivers and loved ones, and for medical personnel who interact with survivors of the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas: Making Sense of Diagnosis, Treatment & Options

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

The fourth most common cancer, colon and rectal cancer is diagnosed in 130,000 new cases in the U.S. each year. As with many other cancers, the treatment environment is evolving. As a patient (or the family researcher) you need up-to-date and in-depth information to participate wisely in treatment decisions.Colon &amp; Rectal Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients &amp; Families includes:
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<li>Characteristics of colon cancer, staging, suspected causes, and factors in prognoses</li>
<li>Current treatment options</li>
<li>Clinical trials and promising future treatments</li>
<li>Coping with medical tests, symptoms, and treatments </li>
<li>Recognizing and minimizing the impact of treatment on sexual function, libido, and fertility</li>
<li>Caring for and adjusting to an ostomy, whether temporary or permanent</li>
<li>Emotional responses to diagnosis, treatment, remission, and all other aspects of dealing with the condition. Stories from those living with colon cancer are included.</li>
</ul>Author Lorraine Johnston, with her background in life sciences, emphasizes using knowledge to dispel fear. Those who read this book will encounter medical facts simply explained, advice to ease their daily life, and tools to be a strong advocate for themselves or a family member.

Colon and Rectal Cancer: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients & Families

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