Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Lung Cancer

✍ Scribed by Justin F. Klamerus, Julie R. Brahmer, David S Ettinger

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 196
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Lung Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow how to guide that puts you on the path to wellness by explaining lung cancer treatment from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and performs the task of putting together your plan of care in layman's terms. 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 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 7
CONTRIBUTORS’ LIST......Page 9
PREFACE......Page 13
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 17
INTRODUCTION: HOW TO USE THIS BOOK TO YOUR BENEFIT......Page 19
CHAPTER 1 FIRST STEPS—I ’VE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG CANCER......Page 21
CHAPTER 2 MY TEAM—MEETING YOUR TREATMENT TEAM......Page 31
CHAPTER 3 TAKING ACTION—COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS......Page 43
CHAPTER 4 BE PREPARED—THE SIDE EFFECTS OF TREATMENT......Page 83
CHAPTER 5 STRAIGHT TALK—COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COWORKERS......Page 99
CHAPTER 6 MAINTAINING BALANCE—WORK AND LIFE DURING TREATMENT......Page 111
CHAPTER 7 SURVIVING LUNG CANCER—RE-ENGAGING IN MIND AND BODY HEALTH AFTER TREATMENT......Page 119
CHAPTER 8 MANAGING RISK—WHAT IF MY CANCER COMES BACK?......Page 131
CHAPTER 9 MY CANCER ISN’T CURABLE—WHAT NOW?......Page 141
CHAPTER 10 LUNG CANCER IN OLDER ADULTS......Page 151
CHAPTER 11 TRUSTED RESOURCES—FINDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT LUNG CANCER AND ITS TREATMENT......Page 167
INFORMATION ABOUT JOHNS HOPKINS......Page 175
FURTHER READING......Page 177
GLOSSARY......Page 179
INDEX......Page 189