The Coming Cancer Breakthroughs: What You Need to Know About the Latest Cancer Treatment Options [Hardcover]

Joseph Dooley (Author), Marian Betancourt (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1575668432 | ISBN-13: 978-1575668437 | Publication Date: June 15, 2002 | Edition: 1

Academy of Biochemistry, Waterford, CT. Consumer-oriented text provides a compassionate and comprehensive look at the new medical breakthroughs and how they are being used to treat specific forms of cancer. Includes advice on how to talk to physicians about new treatments and how to participate in clinical trials. Also provides case studies for personal references.

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Dooley's expertise as a clinical biochemist coupled with Betancort's proficiency as a health writer and experience as a cancer survivor make for an informative, well-researched resource on cutting-edge treatments for many cancers, including breast, ovarian, prostate, lung, and digestive-tract cancers, as well as leukemias and melanoma. Among the innovative therapies discussed are vaccines, immunotherapy, interferons, gene therapy, and monoclonal antibodies. Dooley and Bentacourt explain complex concepts, such as cell mutations that cause cancer, in terms most lay readers can understand. Especially useful are the chapters on biotechnology, clinical trials, and diagnostic testing. The appendixes include a list of National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers, cancer information resources, and biotech research centers. Recommended for larger public library health collections that lack a current work on cancer treatment and all consumer health libraries that include cancer resources. Valeria Long, Grand Valley State Univ. Lib. at the Van Andel Inst., Grand Rapids, MI
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Kensington; 1 edition (June 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575668432
• ISBN-13: 978-1575668437
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,225,483 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Coming Cancer Breakthroughs, June 19, 2002

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This review is from: The Coming Cancer Breakthroughs: What You Need to Know About the Latest Cancer Treatment Options (Hardcover)

This book was a wonderful help to me and my family. A very close friend told me that she had lung cancer. She was told by her doctor to wait and see. I told her about this book and gave her a copy. She was able to find the latest treatments for her type of cancer in the book. It even had the name of the specialist doing that work in her city. "The Coming Cancer Breakthroughs" gave her hope and she felt empowered by the information she found in this wonderful book. She was able to ask her doctor all of the right questions, and with him, find an experimanetal new treatment for her disease. Without this book, she would never have started the process that eventually heped her so much.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Coming Cancer Breakthroughs- Joseph F. Dooley Ph.D., June 20, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Coming Cancer Breakthroughs: What You Need to Know About the Latest Cancer Treatment Options (Hardcover)

I purchased this book for an associate intending to skim through it. It is very well written and "user friendly." I found myself reading the entire book. The chapters direct you to the specific site of cancer the individual is interested in. Standard treatments are discussed but the newer exciting, promising developments for all cancers are detailed. One can find the expert physicians and cancer centers where clinical trials are ongoing. Web sites and telephone numbers are given as contact information.Support groups are detailed. It is uplifting and provides hope. Don't read this book if you are looking for "quackery". I hope the author provides updates with a second edition! Thanks a lot.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not your father's cancer treatment, April 1, 2003

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This review is from: The Coming Cancer Breakthroughs: What You Need to Know About the Latest Cancer Treatment Options (Hardcover)

New advances in cancer treatment are exploding on the scene, and Dr. Dooley and Marian Betancourt have outlined them clearly in this book. It's cutting-edge science, explained in plain English.