100 Questions and Answers About Liver Cancer - Softcover

Abou-Alfa, Ghassan K.; DeMatteo, Ronald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763761745 ISBN 13: 9780763761745

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2009

Synopsis

EMPOWER YOURSELF! Whether you're a newly diagnosed liver cancer patient, a survivor, or a friend or relative of either, this book offers help. The only text to provide the doctor's and patient's views, 100 Questions & Answers About Liver Cancer, Second Edition gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, sources of support, and much more. Written by a medical oncologist and a gastrointestinal surgeon, with actual patient commentary, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of this frightening disease.

About this title

About the Author:

Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He is a member of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, where he specializes in the treatment of primary liver cancer. Ronald DeMatteo MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He specializes in the treatment of liver, bile duct, and pancreas tumors, and also performs laboratory research where he investigates how the immune system can be used to fight cancer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0763761745
• ISBN 13: 9780763761745
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 138