This much needed lung cancer resource is developed in consultation with a large national team of experts featuring: * Candid testimonial by survivors * Straightforward, easy-to-understand language * Objective and up-to-date information + Beautiful color photos and graphics * An empowering message of HOPE. The book addresses each step in the diagnosis, staging, treatment and recovery process, and includes a chapter on end-of-life issues, and a section specifically for the patient's partner or caregiver.

Be A Survivor: Lung Cancer Treatment Guide: Revised Third Edition

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Lange, Vladimir

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Lange Productions

THE ONLY BOOK THAT IS MULTIDISCIPLINARY This book is not just a single author’s opinion. It presents the combined expertise of dozens of nationally recognized experts in surgery, oncology, radiation therapy, nurse navigation and survivorship for a truly multidisciplinary overview of options. AN IDEAL TOOL FOR NURSE NAVIGATORS The information is presented in the order corresponding to the patient’s course through treatment. List of questions to ask optimize patient-provider encounters. Superb graphics help explain difficult concepts. When Dr. Lange’s wife, also a physician, was diagnosed, both were overwhelmed by the complexity of the information they had to process. BEASURVIVOR was inspired by their desire to make the journey easier for others. This book has been an award-winning bestseller, edition after edition, and on the “recommended” lists of all major breast cancer organizations.

Be a Survivor: Your Guide To Breast Cancer Treatment

Lange MD, Vladimir

Religion & Spirituality

...provides suggestions on how to cope with diagnosis, an overview of treatments, detailed descriptions of various diagnostic procedures, surgery, and adjuvant therapies, and information on complementary treatments.

Be A Survivor: Your Guide to Breast Cancer Treatment

This much-needed breast cancer resource specifically for the Hispanic woman is developed in consultation with a large national team of experts. As with all of the Be a Survivor resources this book features candid testimonials by Hispanic survivors. It is straightforward, easy-to-understand and contains objective and up-to-date information. The beautiful color photos and graphics enhance the learning process. Most importantly the book leaves the reader with a message of hope. The book addresses each step in the diagnosis, staging, treatment and recovery process and includes a chapter on end-of-life issues, and a section specifically for the patientâ€™s partner or caregiver. This is not a straight translation from English into Spanish. In Latina focus groups around the United States Dr. Lange interviewed survivors and their significant others and rewrote many passages to make the book culturally relevant to speak to the Spanish speaking audience.

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Be a Survivor: Your Guide to Breast Cancer Treatment

Offers information on the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer along with testimonials from breast cancer patients and lists of questions to ask healthcare professionals.

BE A SURVIVOR: BREAST CANCER, 4th Ed.

Computers & Technology

Complete • Accurate • Reassuring Be a Survivor - Colorectal Cancer Treatment Guide is a unique book designed to empower the newly diagnosed patient and the family, to help them regain control of their lives, and show them how to find the most effective treatments available. Reflecting the combined wisdom of a dozen leading medical experts, Be a Survivor includes clear explanations, color graphics, lists of questions to ask your healthcare professionals, and candid testimonials by patients who have “been there before.” The book spans the entire colorectal cancer experience--from dealing with your initial feelings, to the latest treatments, to life after cancer, and a section for the significant other or the caretaker. Three factor make this book unique: • Copious color illustrations, found in almost no other book on the topic, that help readers understand the concepts. • Patient testimonials help make the information more relevant to the reader's everyday life. • The information represents a multi-specialty, multi-center combination of experts in various fields of cancer, rather than the views of a single author who may be a surgeon, or an oncologist.

BE A SURVIVOR: COLORECTAL CANCER

Last, First

Arts & Photography

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Be a Survivor - Your Guide to Breast Cancer Treatment – book with DVD - 3rd ed. By Vladimir Lange, MD A unique book-with-DVD combination that informs and empowers Dr. Vladimir Lange is a Harvard Medical School trained physician, nationally recognized for patient education programs. When his wife, also a physician, was diagnosed with breast cancer, both were overwhelmed by the complexity of the information they had to process. Be a Survivor was inspired by their desire to make the journey easier for others. Be a Survivor is the "must read" book for every woman diagnosed with breast cancer, and for those who care for her. The book is: COMPLETE – it covers all aspects of the disease – from diagnosis, to breast reconstruction, conventional and complementary therapies, and life after cancer. It also includes a chapter for the woman’s husband or partner. ACCURATE – rather than reflecting a single specialist’s point of view, the book is based on the combined experience and wisdom of 28 experts in various fields. REASSURING – written with compassion and understanding, the book also includes candid stories by survivors and their partners. USER-FRIENDLY – hundreds of color photos, graphics and diagrams help clarify important concepts. UP-TO-DATE – the book covers the very latest developments, including brachytherapy, perforator flaps, skin sparing mastectomy and much more. UNIQUE – Be a Survivor is the ONLY book on breast cancer that comes with a DVD, so the reader can see videos of procedures, hear survivors’ stories, and enjoy the animated 3-D graphics. See the DVD for a clear overview. Read the book for additional details. Use both as a valuable source of information that will help you assume an active role in your treatment and recovery. \\\\\\\\\\\\ This Book Will Help You
• Assemble the best team of experts to ensure successful treatment
• Decide whether mastectomy or breast conservation is the right choice for you
• Evaluate your breast reconstruction options
• Understand why you may not need chemotherapy
• Learn about new treatments, such as brachytherapy
• Consider appropriate complementary therapies
• Communicate effectively with your partner. //////// PRODUCT DETAILS LIST PRICE: $24.95 Paperback: 180 pages plus DVD Publisher: Lange Productions (June, 2005)

Be a Survivor: Your Guide to Breast Cancer Treatment, Third Edition (Book and DVD)

Vladimir Lange

Published in mid 2002, this 2nd edition presents the very latest information on sentinel node, immunotherapy, bone marrow transplants, reconstruction and more… 
Since the publication of the 1st edition of Be a Survivor, the book has gained tremendous recognition as a unique resource, and has become one of the three most often recommended to newly-diagnosed women. 
Several features make the book unique. It is by far the most visually appealing book on breast cancer. Hundreds of realistic photos and diagrams of radiation equipment, chemotherapy rooms, reconstructed mastectomies, etc. give the patients better insights. 
It is objective — representing the viewpoints of over two dozen leading specialists, rather than that of a single oncologist or surgeon. 
It is user friendly — clear explanations, lists of questions to ask, testimonials by survivors — all contribute to reassuring rather than intimidating the patient and her family. 
Be a Survivor the book is actually a free-standing proponent of an entire multi-media system, which includes a CD-ROM, several videos, and even a Spanish version of the program. 
Over the past years, Be a Survivor has been distributed by entire states — such as Vermont and Rhode Island.

Be a Survivor: Your Guide to Breast Cancer Treatment (2nd Edition)

Be A SURVIVOR is a phenomenally successful breast cancer resource that has empowered thousands of women- and their families. This powerfully visual resource takes the newly diagnosed reader through diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Be A SURVIVOR is unique in that it has more than 150 color photos and graphics to convey complex concepts. It was developed in consultation with 28 national medical experts. It also features: * Candid testimonials by survivors * Straightforward, easy-to-understand language * Objective, accurate and up-to-date * Full information on all available treatments * Paced at a need-to-know basis Just as the disease is tackled in stages, so are the chapters in this wonderfully visual resource. It should be the first book women reach for in developing strategies to fight the biggest battle of their lives.

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Be A Survivor: Lung Cancer Treatment Guide: Revised Third Edition

Be a Survivor: Your Guide To Breast Cancer Treatment

Be A Survivor: Your Guide to Breast Cancer Treatment

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Be a Survivor: Your Guide to Breast Cancer Treatment

BE A SURVIVOR: BREAST CANCER, 4th Ed.

BE A SURVIVOR: COLORECTAL CANCER

Be a Survivor: Your Guide to Breast Cancer Treatment, Third Edition (Book and DVD)

Be a Survivor: Your Guide to Breast Cancer Treatment (2nd Edition)

Be a Survivor: Your Guide to Breast Cancer Treatment