Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Head and Neck Cancer (Johns Hopkins Medicine)

✍ Scribed by Christine G. Gourin

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 231
• Series: Johns Hopkins Medicine
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Johns Hopkins Patients Guide to Head and Neck Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow how to guide that puts you on a path to wellness by explaining head and neck cancer treatments from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and provides valuable tools to help you to put together your plan of care. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to confidently participate in the decision making about your care and treatment.

✦ Table of Contents

TITLE......Page 2
COPYRIGHT......Page 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 4
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 8
INTRODUCTION: HOW TO USE THIS BOOK TO YOUR BENEFIT......Page 10
CHAPTER 1 FIRST STEPS—I'VE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH HEAD AND NECK CANCER......Page 12
CHAPTER 2 MY TEAM—MEETING YOUR TREATMENT TEAM......Page 40
CHAPTER 3 TAKING ACTION—COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS......Page 52
CHAPTER 4 BE PREPARED—THE SIDE EFFECTS OF TREATMENT......Page 100
CHAPTER 5 STRAIGHT TALK—COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COWORKERS......Page 126
CHAPTER 6 MAINTAINING BALANCE—WORK AND LIFE DURING TREATMENT......Page 142
CHAPTER 7 SURVIVING CANCER—RE-ENGAGING IN MIND AND BODY HEALTH AFTER TREATMENT......Page 150
CHAPTER 8 MANAGING RISK—WHAT IF MY CANCER COMES BACK?......Page 156
CHAPTER 9 MY CANCER ISN'T CURABLE—WHAT NOW......Page 166
CHAPTER 10 HEAD AND NECK CANCER IN OLDER ADULTS......Page 176
CHAPTER 11 TRUSTED RESOURCES—FINDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HEAD AND NECK CANCER AND ITS TREATMENT......Page 192
INFORMATION ABOUT JOHNS HOPKINS......Page 198
FURTHER READING......Page 200
GLOSSARY......Page 202
INDEX......Page 212