What your doctor may not tell you about colorectal cancer
Subtitle: new tests, new treatments, new hope
By: Mark Bennett Pochapin ; with a foreword by Katie Couric.
Edition: 1st Warner Books ed.
Publisher: Warner Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer; Colon (Anatomy) -- Cancer -- Treatment; Consumer education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. The disease no one has to die from; title: The truth about colorectal cancer; title: Risk factors: who gets colorectal cancer and why?; title: Pt. 2. Stop colorectal cancer now: the lifesaving power of screening and prevention.; title: Colonoscopy: your most powerful weapon against colorectal cancer; title: Other important screening technologies; title: Eat smart, live right; title: Curb colorectal cancer: supplements and chemoprevention; title: Pt. 3. Hope for a better tomorrow: from diagnosis to treatment; title: Getting a diagnosis: biopsy, pathology, and staging; title: Understanding your diagnosis and choosing dr. right; title: When surgery is the answer; title: If you need chemotherapy or radiation; title: Complementary therapies for colorectal cancer; title: Pt. 4. Living well after colorectal cancer; title: Life after colorectal cancer; title: Healing from within.