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An informative, compassionate guide for cancer patients and their loved ones

Each year, more than 1 million people get treated for cancer, and most of these will undergo chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or both. This reassuring, optimistic guide helps people get a handle on treatment options and explains in plain English how chemotherapy and radiation therapy really work. It offers detailed advice on how to alleviate and cope with side effects-which range from hair loss to nausea to anemia-and describes how good nutrition, meditation, support groups, and other techniques and resources can help in the recovery process.

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"...spiced with humour ... succeeds in demystofying cancer therapy ... a compassionate and practical book ... a welcome addition to cancer patient literature..." (Cancer World, April 2006)

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ For Dummies; 1st edition (April 8, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0764578324
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764578328
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.38 x 0.87 x 9.25 inches

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Very basic, was really hoping for more detail on drugs.

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I wanted more detail, but this will work for very basic generalized info. Guess you can learn more about specific drugs from your oncology team.

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The book arrived with an open plastic wrap in it. When removed book from the already open wrapper can clearly see that this book has been used with worn edges and creases on the cover! Good reference for cancer patients and material is easy to read

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A must have book for Chemo patients

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I purchased this book for myself before under going chemo for stage 3 ovarian cancer. This book was a blessing to have. It walked me thru everything I had questions of that I either forgot to ask my doctors or my doctors didn't have an answer for me. With the knowledge I gained from reading this book - it took away my fears of my chemo treatments. Therefore I not once needed any of the nausea meds the doctors gave me for a just in case. I also did not have any issues with food. I highly recommend this book for anyone going thru chemo or even radiation for that fact of the matter.

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This is a Very Useful, Easy-to-read Book!

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I have the rarest form of breast cancer, which often appears within weeks of a normal mammogram. Mine did: 7 weeks after a perfectly normal mammogram. It is a invasive and aggressive cancer. Before chemo started, I didn't have much time to adjust the whole idea of having cancer. That's where "Chemo & Radiation"' sowed its value. I'd no idea of hoe chemo worked nor what its side effects were likely to be. This book gave a basic idea of the workings of chemo, the various side effects that were typical and so on. Unlike most breast cancers my type is treated by at least 16 sessions of chemo before surgery. That's a lot: I experienced side effect such a chemo fog, which is quite scary. Had I not had access to "Chemo & Radiation," I'd have totally unprepared for such side effect. It was hard enough to deal with having cancer, without help with becoming aware of the side effects, I'd have been a real mess. "Chemo & Radiation" allowed me to control my panic and to fight the side effects. In what's a nightmare, this book has been something I can lean on. For me, it has been a very useful tool in dealing with the nightmares. It doesn't get much better than that!

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Very slightly outdated, but very very helpful

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I asked my oncologist some questions the book recommended and he asked me where I came up with a couple. He said they were good questions, just a few years behind where treatments are today. I told him this book and he said it’s actually a good source. But that it should probably be updated in a few years. Nothing major though. My cancer is rare, and at 25, it’s easy for me to feel isolated, but this book covers all different types of cancer, mine included, and helped me see that I’m not alone and that plenty of people have had the same concerns I’ve had - and there are solutions! I strongly recommend this book to anyone else who has been recently diagnosed. Or as a gift for someone with a recent diagnosis. Knowing more about my cancer and my treatment plan has comforted me a lot, and a lot of that came from this book.

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Book was in great shape; however, it took way too long for me to receive it!!!

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A Best Friend for Cancer Patients

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"Chemotherapy & Radiation for Dummies" is exactly what I need in understanding my own early diagnosis of cancer. The text is informed by superb medical writers but for me the great gift is the voice of cancer survivor Patricia Corrigan, whose wit and wisdom is legendary in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Written with compassion and just the right touch here and there of humor, this book sits on my shelf as my number one guide for my own journey with cancer. Mixed in with exact information about what to expect are resources for staying sane, such as a Web Site called "Tumor Humor" that "offers cancer-related jokes and discusses the many physiological benefits of laughter." The book is serious, practical, and full of things I would never have thought of if left to myself. And it is organized so even "a dummy" like me can find my way to anything I need to know. Bravo! Bravo!

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sailor lady

Good book on topics for Dummiea

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 22, 2019

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I knew nothing when, 2019 summer , my son was diagnosed. He is to receive chemo and radiation. I am a dummy on these topics. I found this book a great place to start. I want to be informed so I can be helpful. The book has a copyright of 2005. It is excellent place to start. Now I want to be informed 2005 to 2019 as things change so fast.

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tamras29

Way out of date.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 2, 2022

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Based on American system, way out of date, very negative.

Grey Badger

May not be up to date?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 17, 2016

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The book was informative - but turns out the book was written in 2005. Whilst most of the content will indeed be valid - as a cancer sufferer (x2) , I have a concern that therapies and straegies may have moved on? I've read it eagerly and balanced with other sources - so it was far from a waste of money!

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