Childhood Cancer

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A Parent's Guide to Solid Tumor Cancers

By Anne Spurgeon and Nancy Keene

Summary

Childhood Cancer offers a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of solid tumours in children and teens. This updated edition explores the latest medical advancements including computer-assisted surgery, tandem stem cell transplants, and targeted therapies. It also provides practical advice for families on coping with the emotional and logistical challenges of cancer, from hospital stays to managing school and finances. The narrative is enriched with true, heartfelt stories from affected children and their families, providing both insight and comfort.
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Ideal for families, caregivers, and healthcare professionals seeking up-to-date, compassionate information about childhood cancer treatment and support.

Revision of: Childhood cancer / Honna Janes-Hodder & Nancy Keene. 2002. 2nd ed.

Description

Each year more than 5,000 children and teens in the United States are diagnosed with a solid tumour (e.g., kidney tumour, liver tumour, 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, hospitalisation, 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.

The book, reviewed by renowned experts in childhood cancer, also contains a list of helpful resources.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781941089903

Publisher: Childhood Cancer Guides

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: Childhood Cancer Guides

Edition: Third edition

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 177.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 898g

Pages: 576

Collections

Anne Spurgeon Education & Reference Health & Wellness Nancy Keene Non-Fiction Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Anne Spurgeon, trained as a historian at the University of Wisconsin, is the parent of a long-term survivor of rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft tissue sarcoma. For more than 15 years, she served as the executive director of the Badger Childhood Cancer Network in Madison, Wisconsin. Nancy Keene is the mother of a long-term survivor of childhood cancer and one of the founders of the nonprofit publisher, Childhood Cancer Guides. A well-known writer and advocate for children with cancer, she has written fourteen consumer health books on topics ranging from childhood cancer to working with your doctor. She was the first chair of the Patient Advocacy Committees of both the Children's Cancer Group and the Children's Oncology Group.