Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Kidney Cancer (Johns Hopkins Medicine)

✍ Scribed by Michael A. Carducci

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 144
• Series: Johns Hopkins Medicine
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Johns Hopkins Patients Guide to Kidney Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow how to guide that puts you on a path to wellness by explaining kidney 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 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 8
INTRODUCTION: HOW TO USE THIS BOOK TO YOUR BENEFIT......Page 10
CHAPTER 1 FIRST STEPS—I’VE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH KIDNEY CANCER......Page 12
CHAPTER 2 MY TEAM—MEETING YOUR TREATMENT TEAM......Page 26
CHAPTER 3 TAKING ACTION—COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS......Page 38
CHAPTER 4 BE PREPARED—THE SIDE EFFECTS OF TREATMENT......Page 56
CHAPTER 5 STRAIGHT TALK—COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COWORKERS......Page 72
CHAPTER 6 MAINTAINING BALANCE—WORK AND LIFE DURING TREATMENT......Page 78
CHAPTER 7 SURVIVING KIDNEY CANCER—RE-ENGAGING IN MIND AND BODY HEALTH AFTER TREATMENT......Page 86
CHAPTER 8 MANAGING RISK—WHAT IF MY CANCER COMES BACK?......Page 94
CHAPTER 9 MY CANCER ISN’T CURABLE—WHAT NOW?......Page 98
CHAPTER 10 KIDNEY CANCER IN OLDER ADULTS......Page 104
CHAPTER 11 TRUSTED RESOURCES—FINDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT KIDNEY CANCER AND ITS TREATMENT......Page 118
INFORMATION ABOUT JOHNS HOPKINS......Page 122
FURTHER READING......Page 124
GLOSSARY......Page 126
INDEX......Page 138