Childhood Cancer: A Parent's Guide to Solid Tumor Cancers

Spurgeon, Anne

Book Information
Edition:	3rd
Publisher:	Independent Publishers Group
ISBN:	1-941089-90-9 (1941089909)
ISBN-13:	978-1-941089-90-3 (9781941089903)
Format:	Popular Works
Binding:	Softcover
Copyright:	2016
Publish Date:	09/16
Weight:	2.01 Lbs.
Pages:	576
Carton Quantity:	14
Subject Class:	C-H (Consumer Health)
Return Policy:	Non-Returnable.
Contributing Authors:	View

Class Specifications
Discipline:	Pathology
Subject Definition:	Neoplasms; Child
NLM Class:	QZ 202
LC Class:	RC281
Abstract:	Each year more than 6,000 children and teens in the United States are diagnosed with a solid tumor (e.g., kidney tumor, liver tumor, neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma, or sarcoma). The illnesses and their treatments can have devastating effects on family, friends, schoolmates, and the larger community. This newly updated edition contains essential information families need during this difficult time. It includes descriptions of the newest treatments, such as computer-assisted surgery, tandem stem cell transplants, and targeted therapies as well as practical advice about how to cope with diagnosis, medical procedures, hospitalization, school, and finances. Woven throughout the text are true stories--practical, poignant, moving, funny--from more than 100 children with cancer, their siblings, and their parents.

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