Choices: The most complete sourcebook for cancer information

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Choices, 4th Edition is a welcomed update of the definitive guide to cancer treatment, from diagnosis through recovery. This edition will continue its well-known reputation of being an invaluable reference presenting important up-date information in an accessible Q&A format. Compassionately written, it provides essential and up-to-date facts about cancer treatment, dramatic advances in all phases of the cancer treatments and prevention, symptoms and stages of the disease, medicines and nutrition, surgical and nonsurgical treatments, and therapies. This new edition will include: * Comprehensive listing of physicians and hospitals for each type of cancer and recommended websites * New information based on patients at varying stages of cancer as well as interviews with doctors, nurses, social workers, and hospice. * Reviews of complementary and alternative treatments * Updated listing of chemo drugs and side affects * New information on survivorship including nutrition, exercises, and follow-up treatments * New chapter for caregivers

Marion Morra, ScD, is an international expert in health communications. Former associate director of the Yale Cancer Center, she is anassociate clinical professor at the Yale School of Nursing in NewHaven, CT. Widely published, she is a member of the Board of Directorsof the American Cancer Society and of the Board of Directors ofthe International Cancer Information Services Group. She is a consultantto the National Cancer Institute and many major cancer centersacross the country. Eve Potts has been writing about medical subjects for more than 30years. She has served as a medical writer and consultant to the Departmentof Health and Human Services and to many medically orientedcompanies and institutions. Her particular area of expertise is in makingdifficult medical information easily understood. Her interest in historicpreservation is represented by authorship of the book, Westport: A SpecialPlace.