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Melanoma: Prevention, Detection, and Treatment
Presents advice for patients, their families, and health care providers on prevention and detection of melanoma and provides information on treatments and how to lower the risk on contacting the disease
160 pages, Hardcover
First published April 20, 1998
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August 25, 2019
Practical information clearly presented
Written by a journalist who herself had melanoma and a medical doctor, this concise book aims at helping those who have contracted melanoma or who fear they might. It is also valuable for those whose spouse or other loved one has this frightening disease.
Poole follows the plan implied in the title, showing how melanoma might be prevented, how it can be detected as early as possible (which is absolutely essential in this disease, because it is the spread, the metastasis, that kills), and how it can be treated. She adds some resources including web sites, helpful organizations, publications, and a glossary. The photos showing what melanoma looks like include shots of moles that may be spots where melanoma may begin. The prints are ugly and scary, but very helpful. There is some technical material, especially about the staging system for melanoma in Appendix A, but for the most part the emphasis is on practical information and guidance presented in a straight forward and readable manner.
I wish the information in this book had been widely available twenty years ago so that my mother who died from the disease might have understood what the spots on her skin were and had them removed before they spread to her brain. For myself, I note that of the five most important factors in gauging who is most likely to get melanoma (p. 21), I have all five.
The good news is, although once it has metastasized melanoma is a very deadly disease, if it is caught in time, the cure rate is very high, in some case approaching 100% (p. 39).
What's beautiful about this book is that the information it contains will surely save lives.
--Dennis Littrell, author of “The World Is Not as We Think It Is”
Written by a journalist who herself had melanoma and a medical doctor, this concise book aims at helping those who have contracted melanoma or who fear they might. It is also valuable for those whose spouse or other loved one has this frightening disease.
Poole follows the plan implied in the title, showing how melanoma might be prevented, how it can be detected as early as possible (which is absolutely essential in this disease, because it is the spread, the metastasis, that kills), and how it can be treated. She adds some resources including web sites, helpful organizations, publications, and a glossary. The photos showing what melanoma looks like include shots of moles that may be spots where melanoma may begin. The prints are ugly and scary, but very helpful. There is some technical material, especially about the staging system for melanoma in Appendix A, but for the most part the emphasis is on practical information and guidance presented in a straight forward and readable manner.
I wish the information in this book had been widely available twenty years ago so that my mother who died from the disease might have understood what the spots on her skin were and had them removed before they spread to her brain. For myself, I note that of the five most important factors in gauging who is most likely to get melanoma (p. 21), I have all five.
The good news is, although once it has metastasized melanoma is a very deadly disease, if it is caught in time, the cure rate is very high, in some case approaching 100% (p. 39).
What's beautiful about this book is that the information it contains will surely save lives.
--Dennis Littrell, author of “The World Is Not as We Think It Is”
March 18, 2019
I would have given 5 stars, but did not because of the age (2005) of the information. Still very worthwhile reading for anyone needing to learn about this form of cancer and skin protection to avoid it.
January 29, 2016
Although the copyright date of my copy is 2005, I found the information very up-to-date. I especially appreciated the personal touch added by the author from her own experience. I would recommend this book to anyone with a suspicious lesion, or even people with high risk skin types. For some people even a short exposure to sun can lead to Melanoma. And although it is "curable" if caught early, the scar left behind will be sizeable.
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