100 Questions and Answers About Colorectal Cancer (100 Q&As About)

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ISBN 10: 0763720356 / ISBN 13: 9780763720353

Published by - -, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 100 Questions and Answers About Colorectal Cancer (100 Q&As About)
• Publisher: - -
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763720356
• ISBN 13: 9780763720353
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This text is a patient-oriented guide to dealing with colorectal cancer. Questions and answers cover basic questions about the disease such as risk factors and causes; methods of prevention, screening, and diagnosis; available treatments and how to choose between them.

About the Authors

David S. Bub was trained at the New York University School of Medicine and completed his General Surgery Residency at the St. Lukes-Roosevelt Medical Center in New York. After completing a fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, he spent a year studying the use of endorectal ultrasound with Dr. Douglas Wong at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He is current Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City where he heads the anorectal physiology lab. He belongs to a busy private practice specializing in the treatment of patients with inflammatory bowel disease as well as colon and rectal cancer.

Susannah L. Rose, MSSW, PhD, BA [Philosophy and Psychology], Furman University, 1996; MS in Social Work, Columbia University,1998, MS [Bioethics], Albany Medical Center/Union College, 2006; PhD in Health Policy, Harvard University, 2010. Ms. Rose worked at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City providing clinical services and conducting research for approximately eight years. At MSKCC, she specialized in clinical interventions for people with gastrointestinal cancers and their family members. She has recently completed her doctoral studies at Harvard University, specializing in health care policy and bioethics. She is the primary author on a book entitled 100 Questions and Answers About Caring for Family or Friends with Cancer, second edition, and she has written many other publications focusing on the psychosocial aspects of coping with cancer.

W. Douglas Wong is Chief of Colorectal Service in the Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York. He received his medical training in Manitoba, Canada, and held a fellowship at the University of Minnesota before coming to MSKCC. His areas of clinical expertise include colorectal and anal cancer; endorectal ultrasound; anorectal physiology testing; anal incontinence surgery.