100 Questions & Answers About Bladder Cancer [Paperback]

Pamela Ellsworth (Author), Brett Carswell (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0763732532 | ISBN-13: 978-0763732530 | Publication Date: August 10, 2005 | Edition: 1

Approximately 62,000 people are diagnosed with bladder cancer each year, making bladder cancer the fourth most common type of cancer in men and the eighth most common type in women. Whether you're a newly diagnosed bladder cancer patient, a survivor, or a friend or relative of either, this book offers help. The only book to provide both the doctor's and patient's views, 100 Questions & Answers About Bladder Cancer gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, coping strategies, sources of support, and much more. Written by two prominent urologists, with "insider" advice from actual patients, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this frightening disease.

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About the Author

Pamela Ellsworth, MD is Clinical Urologist and Assistant Professor of Urology, Surgery and Paediatrics at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Centre in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Brett Carswell, MD, is Chief Resident of Urology at the UMass Memorial Medical Center (University of Massachusetts Medical School).

Product Details

• Paperback: 155 pages
• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.; 1 edition (August 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763732532
• ISBN-13: 978-0763732530
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #904,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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