Authors: Claudia I. Henschke, Peggy McCarthy, Sarah Wernick
ISBN-13: 9780393324983, ISBN-10: 0393324982
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: Reprint
Claudia I. Henschke, Ph.D., M.D., is chief, Division of Chest Imaging, at the New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and professor of radiology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. She has served on committees of the National Institutes of Health, the National Academy of Science, the Radiological Society of North America, and the American College of Radiology. For information about her work on early detection of lung cancer, see www.nyelcap.org.
Peggy McCarthy, MBA, president of McCarthy Medical Marketing, Inc., and Innovative Medical Education Consortium, Inc., is a prominent cancer patient advocate. She is founder and board member of the Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support, and Education (ALCASE) and works internationally for lung cancer awareness.
Sarah Wernick, Ph.D., is an award-winning freelance health writer. Her books include the best-selling Strong Women Stay Young. Visit her website at www.sarahwernick.com.
An authoritative book with new lifesaving strategies for those at risk and those already diagnosed.
This unique reference text is must reading for those confronted withor worried abouta lung cancer diagnosis.
An Important Message for Readers | xi | |
Acknowledgments | xiii | |
Part I | The Changing Face of Lung Cancer | |
Chapter 1 | New Information That Could Save Your Life | 1 |
Chapter 2 | Clearing the Air about Guilt | 12 |
Part II | The Basics | |
Chapter 3 | How Your Lungs Work | 21 |
Chapter 4 | When Cancer Intrudes | 31 |
Part III | Beating Your Risk Factors | |
Chapter 5 | Now You Can Find It Early | 43 |
Chapter 6 | Are You at Risk? | 60 |
Chapter 7 | Encouraging News for Smokers | 79 |
Part IV | When Lung Cancer Strikes | |
Chapter 8 | Diagnosis and Staging | 99 |
Chapter 9 | Coping with the News | 123 |
Part V | Taking Charge of Treatment | |
Chapter 10 | Preparing for Effective Treatment | 141 |
Chapter 11 | Surgery | 164 |
Chapter 12 | Chemotherapy | 184 |
Chapter 13 | Radiation Therapy | 211 |
Chapter 14 | Getting Access to the Latest Treatments | 230 |
Chapter 15 | Complementary and Alternative Therapies | 248 |
Part VI | Living with Lung Cancer | |
Chapter 16 | Treatment Is Finished--Now What? | 271 |
Chapter 17 | Optimizing the Quality of Your Life | 286 |
Chapter 18 | A Message for Caregivers | 306 |
Chapter 19 | The Practicalities | 314 |
Chapter 20 | It's Never Too Late to Hope | 340 |
Afterword | 353 | |
Glossary | 355 | |
Index | 371 | |
About the Authors | 389 |