Colon & Rectal Cancer: From Diagnosis to Treatment

by Paul A. Ruggieri, Addison R. Tolentino

This handy, reassuring guide helps recently diagnosed patients answer pressing questions, such as How far advanced is the disease? What tests are involved? and What treatments will be recommended? and understand the often confusing and intimidating medical jargon. In addition, this fully updated second edition is a quick, reliable reference to the most current procedures and treatment options. Among these are the increasingly popular trend of using chemotherapy and radiation prior to surgery, targeted therapies involving newer drugs that limit their focus to the cancer cells, the use of laparoscopic surgery, and latest approaches in radiation therapy and chemotherapy drugs. This work also reviews symptoms and risk factors for colon cancer, how the disease may be prevented, and pros and cons of various treatments. 

160 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2001

Reviews

[Ashley]

This book is a quick way to gain a basic understanding of the process of beginning to treat colon cancer. I found it to be a nearly exact account of what my family-member experienced in 2017, and provided helpful insight when post-surgery questions arose without immediate access to answers from the doctor.