November 1, 2006
These 4 ¼ x 7 inch books from the American Cancer Society (ACS)released to coincide with National Lung Cancer Awareness Month (November) and the ACS Great American Smokeout (the third Thursday in November)address in lay terms the issues confronting patients with advanced cancer and lung cancer. What cancer is, risk factors, metastases, diagnosis and staging, prevention, treatments (e.g., surgery, chemotherapy, complementary/alternative therapies), what to ask the doctor, sources of support, palliative at-home and hospice carethese are the major issues covered here authoritatively and comprehensively for both patients and their loved ones. The ACS has achieved its goal of providing overviews that tackle need-to-know issues and supply references for additional follow-up information as desired. Recommended. [Other 2006 and 2007 entries in this series will address prostate, colon, skin, breast, bladder, and pancreatic cancer as well as leukemia, lymphedema, and bone metastasis.Ed.]James Swanton, Harlem Hosp. Lib., New York
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