Understanding Colon Cancer: For the general reader a concise manual of facts, warnings, preventions, treatments, and forecasts (Understanding Health and Sickness Series) [Hardcover]

A. Richard Adrouny (Author)

Book Description

Series: Understanding Health and Sickness Series | Publication Date: July 15, 2002

Stanford Univ., CA. Pocket-sized consumer text provides concise information about the disease. Reviews high-risk conditions, genetics, warning signs, screening, diagnosis, stages of the disease, virtual colonoscopy and treatment. Hardcover, softcover available. DNLM: Colonic Neoplasms--prevention & control.

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Women have colon cancer just as men do, Adrouny points out, and share such risks as overeating and weight gain in adulthood. The disease is insidious, for its early stages usually are without symptoms. Periodic examinations are vital, and colonoscopy is the best of these, since the physician has a view of the area and may, at the same time, remove any polyps, which, if allowed to grow, often become malignant. With the aid of good, clear illustrations, Adrouny describes the anatomy and physiology of the colon. A detailed chapter makes clear the stages of the disease and how they affect the prognosis. Adrouny describes various surgical procedures, their results, and possible complications, and he allows that chemotherapy and radiation are sometimes necessary in addition to surgery. The future may hold improved diagnostics and less invasive surgery. The understandable, thorough book concludes with a resources list and a glossary. William Beatty
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For the general reader a concise manual of facts, warnings, prevention, treatments, and forecasts --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 146 pages
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi; 1st edition (July 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578064724
• ISBN-13: 978-1578064724
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,818,255 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Source of Information about Colon Cancer, July 8, 2002

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This review is from: Understanding Colon Cancer (Paperback)

My father was recently diagnosed with Colon Cancer and I decided to purchase a book about the horrible disease. This book by A. Richard Adrouny MD, a new author of medical books, provided me with facts and a new understanding of what my father is going through. This book will make you much smarter about this disease no matter what knowledge you have. I strongly suggest you buy this book to further increase your knowledge of one of the most common forms of cancer in America.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding of Colon Cancer in Plain English, January 26, 2003

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Brooks C. Sackett (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Understanding Colon Cancer: For the general reader a concise manual of facts, warnings, preventions, treatments, and forecasts (Understanding Health and Sickness Series) (Hardcover)

Richard Adrouny, MD is a personal friend of mine but I am not a patient of his nor a physician nor do I have any medical training. However, I am approaching 60. I do get annual checkups and prostate exams and I do worry about cancer.
Understanding Colon Cancer is as good a book on a critical medical issue as any lay reader could ever hope to find. Dr. Adrouny writes very fully and specifically about colorectal cancer, its development, theories regarding its prevention, and current treatment interventions. What makes his writing so valuable to cancer patients and others of us without medical training is its accessibility. He continuously offers clear, direct and perfectly understandable explanations so that the interested reader can truly grasp the meaning of necessary medical terms and their significance. When he mentions sigmoidoscopy he explains that the procedure is an examination of the inner rectum and lower colon. When he refers to adenomatous polyps he specifies that a polyp is a growth from a mucous membrane and an adenoma is a benign growth from a glandular tissue. Continuously, he shares with us state of the art medical understanding in terms non-physicians can grasp. And in the course of treatment for a potentially life-threatening disease understanding is comfort.
Colorectal cancer screening as an annual event isn't a high priority for most men or women. When Dr. Adrouny explains that 15% of all cancers can be detected by a simple digital rectal examination, the momentary inconvenience of this act of diligence seems a small price to pay confirming our health status. Similarly, fecal occult blood testing, barium enema, and endoscopy all offer evaluations that could spare us suffering and save our lives.
While reading this book I wondered if Dr. Adrouny didn't perhaps edit his own writing by asking himself "So what?" every paragraph or so and then took the time to make clear the importance of his points to his general audience.
While reading this book, I could imagine a colon cancer patient returning home after seeing his own oncologist and grabbing for Dr. Adrouny's book by way of understanding his own physician comments.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Guide for Those of Us Who Are Not Physicians, August 15, 2002

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Lynn W. Adkins (Potomac, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Understanding Colon Cancer: For the general reader a concise manual of facts, warnings, preventions, treatments, and forecasts (Understanding Health and Sickness Series) (Hardcover)

Adrouny does a great job explaining the ABC's of colon cancer.

This short--less than 150 pages--guide to colon cancer is accessible to those of us who are not physicians or familiar with healthcare terms. Adrouny patiently walks us through the basics of colon cancer: Who Gets Colon Cancer (men and women, too!); the look (signs) and feel (symptoms) of the disease; and the treatments and prevention.

This book is an absolute must for anyone who has colon cancer or anyone who is close to someone with the disease. The book also provides easy to read charts and drawings that I found very helpful.