Adult Leukemia: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Families
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Manufacturer: Patient Centered Guides
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.99419
EAN: 9780596500016
ISBN: 0596500017
Label: Patient Centered Guides
Manufacturer: Patient Centered Guides
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 536
Publication Date: 2001-04-15
Publisher: Patient Centered Guides
Studio: Patient Centered Guides
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Tens of thousands of Americans are living with adult leukemia, a cancer of the white blood cells. Adult leukemia, which is really a group of diseases, can be a baffling condition for patients and families to understand, and finding targeted information on individual conditions can be difficult. In straightforward, non-technical language, Adult Leukemia: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Families gives those living with leukemia the skills and resources to meet their needs for information and support. It addresses: - Diagnosis and medical tests
- Finding, and successfully interacting with, a good oncologist
- Characteristics of the leukemias, factors in prognosis, and the various subtypes and staging systems for the disease
- Treatments, including watch-and-wait, chemotherapy, marrow transplantation, stem cell rescue, radiation, biological treatments, and trends in research
- Side effects and long-term effects of treatment, including how to cope and increase your quality of life
- Emotional responses to diagnosis, treatment, remission, possible recurrence, and other aspects of dealing with the condition, including stories from dozens of families living with leukemia
- Getting support from your family, friends, employers, and the broader community
- Leukemia resources: a comprehensive list that includes organizations, print, and online sites
Author Barb "Grannybarb" Lackritz is a leading patient activist in the leukemia community and herself a long-term leukemia survivor. She hosts several online mailing lists, maintains a well-known leukemia web site, and speaks frequently to doctors and government organizations. Lackritz emphasizes the promising emerging treatments for leukemia, covering in considerable depth the clinical trials of new therapies grounded in Western medicine. The information on researching leukemia, glossary, and appendixes will provide welcome support for those who want to keep up with the latest research.
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Summary: aduklt leukemia
Comment: This book has been so helpful. My best friends daughter was diagnosed 2 years ago and this book has helped me help them a lot. Thank you.
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Summary: Could be better
Comment: Having been dx'd with AML I wanted a comprehensive but understandable text to keep near by and refer to as the situation warranted. At first I found it helpdul but then I had more complex questions and the answers were not there. Specifically I needed a better explanation of all the CD's and their effect , affect, I never know which to use, on my leukemia. I also needed much more information on blasts and what different levels indicate. I felt that side effects of chemo and drugs needed to be addressed more thoroughly, and GVHD certainly needed much more space.
I would say this is a fine starting point but does not have all the answers. Oh, I found the anecdotes nothing but space wasting
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Summary: The Author Speaks
Comment: Dear Readers,This book was written to ensure that there was information available that we could relate to and understand. I"m glad to know that others are finding what they need in the book. We also invite you to join us on one of the free hematological cancer support lists at the Association of Cancer Online Resources (ACOR). Thank you for reading and for purchasing this book. I do hope it meets your needs.
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Summary: Leukemians' Bible
Comment: Whether you're the patient (like I was) or family, friend or caregiver to one, its one of the first things most people do when diagnosed with leukemia. You look for more information. You'll find lots of books about cancer. But very few specifically about adult leukemia. GrannyBarb has certainly put it all together for us. And you can benefit by as much or as little as you choose to use. There is no other book like this one. I've looked. I only wish it were written five years sooner. It would have saved this CML survivor a lot of wasted time and energy searching for factual information, authoritatively written in patient-speak--the language we need in order to understand better to recover quicker.
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Summary: Adult Leukemia: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Famil
Comment: This is a wonderfully thorough and easily understandable book. And while lots of the information was familiar, it really helped to have so many aspects collected in one place. "Granny Barb" seems to cover all of the key areas one would want to know about leukemia.
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