Living without Fear: Understanding Cancer and the New Therapies - Hardcover

Wagner, Thomas E.; Bugeja, Michael J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0878755268 ISBN 13: 9780878755264

Publisher: Whitston Publishing Company Inc, 2004

Synopsis

". . .a remarkable book for patients, physicians, and scientists." —Faith Barnett, M.D., Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute "A wise person once wrote that the light of understanding dissolves that phantom of fear. This wisdom captures the unyielding message of hope offered by Drs. Wagner and Bugeja in Living Without Fear." —Arthur J. Schwartz, Ed.D., John Templeton Foundation

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Wagner is Director of the Oncology Research Institute at the Green ville Hospital System Cancer Center in Greenville, SC, and is Distinguished Professor of Molecular Medicine at Clemson University. He was the founding director of the Ohio University Edison Institute where he directed research toward the treatment of cancer, cardiovascu lar disease, AIDS and allied viral infections. Dr. Wagner received his Ph.D. at Northwestern Universitym and has served on the faculty of Cornell University College of Medicine, Sloane-Kettering Institute of Cancer Research and Ohio University. Dr. Bugeja is a nationally known ethicist, journalist and author. He is a frequest source about media and applied ethics to print and broadcast media. Dr. Begeja wasa state editor for the United Press International and he holds a doctorate in English from Oklahoma State University. He is presently teaching Ethics and writing at the prestigious E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.

Synopsis:

This book provides knowledge that will help you understand what cancer is and how it progresses - in layperson's terms - at the cellular and molecular level. It provides this knowledge in a creative, contemplative way that will help you to reduce your fear of this disease. Whether you have been diagnosed with cancer, are a friend or loved one of someone who has, or you are at risk for cancer, this book is for you. It provides an overview of how cancer takes hold and explains how the various therapies currently available and on the horizon attack the disease. It also provides the reader with envisioning exercises, which help in developing an improved attitude while coping with cancer.

About this edition

• Publisher: Whitston Publishing Company Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0878755268
• ISBN 13: 9780878755264
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 270