Positive options for colorectal cancer
Subtitle: self-help and treatment
By: Carol Ann Larson ; foreword by Kathleen Ogle, MD
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Positive options for health searies; Positive options for health series
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780897936941
Subjects: Rectum; Popular works; Colon (Anatomy); Cancer
Description: "Colorectal cancer is preventable and treatable if caught in time, yet less than 40% of the population gets routinely screened for this disease. This is a disease no want wants to talk about or be tested for. Postitive Options for Colorectal Cancer breaks that silence. Written by one of the founding members of Advocates for Colorectal Education, (ACE,) this book contains everything you need to know about this disease. The author openly answers the questions most people would like to know but feel uncomfortable asking, and she goes a long way toward taking the fear of the unknown out of treatment for colorectal cancer. Three doctors from the Minnesota Colon and Rectal Foundation, and professional nurses have checked the medical information, and members of ACE have added their expertise and more than 12 colorectal cancer survival stories to the book"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 151) and index.
Table of contents: title: Facing the unknown; title: Gathering information; title: Working with medical professionals to develop a health plan; title: Dealing with your feelings; title: Coping with surgery : plain talk about a complicated subject; title: The first six weeks after surgery; title: The challenges of chemotherapy; title: Possible complications after treatment; title: Lessons learned from surviving cancer.