Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Lung Cancer

Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Lung Cancer
Author: Justin Klamerus
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2010-10-22
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0763774367

Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Lung Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow “how to” guide that puts you on the path to wellness by explaining lung cancer treatment from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and performs the task of putting together your plan of care in layman's terms. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to confidently participate in the decision making about your care and treatment.

Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Lung Cancer

Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Lung Cancer
Author: Justin F. Klamerus
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2010-05-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1449610757

Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Lung Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow “how to” guide that puts you on the path to wellness by explaining lung cancer treatment from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and performs the task of putting together your plan of care in layman's terms. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to confidently participate in the decision making about your care and treatment.

Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Lung Cancer

Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Lung Cancer
Author: Justin F. Klamerus
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2010-05-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1449636683

Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Lung Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow “how to” guide that puts you on the path to wellness by explaining lung cancer treatment from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and performs the task of putting together your plan of care in layman's terms. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to confidently participate in the decision making about your care and treatment.

Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Breast Cancer

Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Breast Cancer
Author: Lillie D. Shockney
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2009-05-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1449631185

85% of women diagnosed with breast cancer today will be survivors of this disease. Your goal is to join that majority. The Johns Hopkins Patient Guide to Breast Cancer is a concise a “how to” guide that takes you through the journey of breast cancer treatment. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment options available, the complicated schedule ahead, and the task of putting together your plan of action so that you become a cancer survivor. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will allow you participate in the decision making about your care and treatment.

Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Brain Cancer

Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Brain Cancer
Author: Deanna Glass Macenka
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2011-06-20
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1449618863

"Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Brain Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow, how-to guide that puts you on a path to wellness by explaining glioma brain tumor treatment from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and provides valuable tools to help you put together your plan of care. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information to participate confidently in the decision making about your care and treatment."--Page 4 of cover

The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Lung Cancer

The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Lung Cancer
Author: Peter Mazzone
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-11-03
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781607144304

Each year, more than 170,000 Americans develop lung cancer. Although cancer rates fell in 2008, lung cancer incidence and mortality increased in 18 states, in part because the disease has no accepted screening test to aid in early detection. In The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Lung Cancer, Dr. Peter Mazzone, profiled on several “best doctors” lists, presents critical information about the latest scientific studies and progress in the fight against lung cancer. This important resource gives readers the cutting-edge medical guidance Dr. Mazzone offers his patients, including: The tests patients will encounter Types of lung cancer and their stages How to most effectively battle lung cancer Clear explanations of the newest studies The latest information on drugs, treatments, and diagnostic and preventative issues Personal stories of those who have triumphed over lung cancer Fast facts and red-fl ag sidebars Plus, advice on how to make the necessary lifestyle choices to live an active and healthy life Cleveland Clinic is the number-one cancer hospital in Ohio and is consistently ranked among the top four hospitals by USNews & World Report.

Palliative Care in Lung Disease

Palliative Care in Lung Disease
Author: Kathleen O. Lindell
Publisher: Humana
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9783030817909

This book details the benefits of palliative care to improve the lives of patients with serious lung disease and their caregivers. Palliative care is specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness. This type of care is focused on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness, and is often described as “an extra layer of support” for patients and their caregivers, as patients with malignant and nonmalignant lung disease experience great symptom burden and have advanced care planning needs. This book has three main objectives: Define the role of palliative care in advanced lung disease Incorporate a patient-centered perspective in describing symptom burden and interventions to improve quality of life Provide current initiatives to expand evidence-based practice and improve access to palliative care Written by leading experts in palliative care and respiratory medicine, the chapters seek to answer those objectives by first defining and describing palliative care, advanced lung disease, and inadequate palliative care in this patient population. Patient reported outcomes, quality of life, and interventions to help deal with the psychological toll of serious illness are then detailed, as well as pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for symptom management. Detailed information is additionally provided on current research studies and management for several lung diseases, including COPD, ILD, Lung Cancer, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Neuromuscular disease, and pediatric lung disease. The more administrative aspects of palliative care programs are then covered with an example of a specialty palliative care program for advanced lung disease and advice on how to address policy that promotes palliative care. Finally, palliative care's role during a pandemic is thoughtfully considered. This book is an ideal guide for clinicians, nurses, hospital administrators, teachers, students to help them understand and fill unmet care needs that many patients with serious lung disease experience.

Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer
Author: Kemp H. Kernstine
Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
Total Pages: 758
Release: 2011
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1936287064

Over the course of the last decade, the treatment of lung cancer has evolved quite rapidly. New scientific and clinical advances have modified the standard of care and led to improved patient outcomes. At the same time, the treatment of lung cancer has become increasingly complex, requiring the comprehensive review and assessment of multiple issues, genetics, radiology, surgery, reconstruction, chemotherapy, and more. As a result the harmony and open communication between these specialties facilitated by a multidisciplinary team approach are crucial in providing the best care to patients and ensuring successful treatment. Written by a multidisciplinary team of authors representing a range of disciplines, is a valuable resource for physicians, fellows, nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, and all health care providers involved in the treatment of lung cancer

Palliative Care in Oncology

Palliative Care in Oncology
Author: Bernd Alt-Epping
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2015-03-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3662462028

Palliative care provides comprehensive support for severely affected patients with any life-limiting or life-threatening diagnosis. To do this effectively, it requires a disease-specific approach as the patients’ needs and clinical context will vary depending on the underlying diagnosis. Experts in the field of palliative care and oncology describe in detail the needs of patients with advanced cancer in comparison to those with non-cancer disease and also identify the requirements of patients with different cancer entities. Basic principles of symptom control are explained, with careful attention to therapy for pain associated with either the cancer or its treatment and to symptom-guided antineoplastic therapy. Complex therapeutic strategies for palliative cancer patients are highlighted that involve both cancer- and symptom-directed options and address a range of therapeutic aims. Issues relating to drug use in palliative cancer care are fully explored, and a separate section is devoted to care in the final phase. A range of organizational and policy issues are also discussed, and the book concludes by considering likely future developments in palliative care for cancer patients. Palliative Care in Oncology will be of particular interest to palliative care physicians who are interested in broadening the scope of their disease-specific knowledge, as well as to oncologists who wish to learn more about modern palliative care concepts relevant to their day-to-day work with cancer patients.