Information about risk, prevention, screening, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and support for all cancers Information about cancer treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, clinical trials, proton therapy, complementary medicine, and cutting edge technologies.
Ways for cancer patients and caregivers to cope with cancer, side effects, nutrition, general cancer support issues, grief/end of life issues, and shared survivor's experiences.
Oncolink Library / Book, Music and Video Reviews / Coping with Cancer / Empowerment
James Metz, MD
The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Last Modified: December 27, 2001
CancerTips: A down to earth travel sized handbook by OncoLink's Editor-in-Chief, James Metz, MD. This book contains invaluable information and guidelines on an extensive range of cancer-related topics.
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Author: James Metz, MD
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers ISBN: 078172564X
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Increase your knowledge to a professional level by reading what leading physicians recommend to their patients.
Using easy-to-understand and practical advice, this travel-sized handbook offers invaluable information and guidelines to cancer patients on an ex-tensive range of topics such as: cancer prevention and screening, dealing with side effects of cancer treatment, sexuality and cancer, physician/patient interactions, oncologic emergencies, and alternative medicine.
Learn how to easily utilize the Internet to build your knowledge on cancer-related information. Contained in this guide is a comprehensive listing of highly regarded websites, as well as, the methods used to qualify a competent website. Included in these pages is a convenient Cancer Workbook to be used for listing and keeping records for: medication taken, medical history, past surgical procedures, hospitalizations, physicians and much more.
To order call 1-800-638-3030 or check your local bookstore or publisher representative.
CancerTips: A Handbook for Cancer Prevention and Management, 2001. 192 pages. ISBN: 0-7817-2564-X. $19.95
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Calcium Leucovorin, Citrovorum Factor, Folinic Acid
Cladribine (2-CDA, Leustatin®)
Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan®, Neosar®, Endoxan®)
Cyclosporine (Neoral®, Sandimmune®, Restasis®, Gengraf®)
Cytarabine (Cytosar-U®, Ara-C)
Irinotecan (Camptosar®, CPT-11)
Leucovorin (Calcium Leucovorin, Citrovorum Factor, Folinic Acid)
Calcium Leucovorin, Citrovorum Factor, Folinic Acid
Leucovorin (Calcium Leucovorin, Citrovorum Factor, Folinic Acid)
Leuprolide Acetate (Lupron®, Lupron Depot®, Eligard®, Prostap®, Viadur®) - For Men
Leuprolide Acetate (Lupron®, Lupron Depot®, Eligard®, Prostap®, Viadur®) - For Women
Lupron®, Lupron Depot®, Eligard®, Prostap®, Viadur®
Lupron®, Lupron Depot®, Eligard®, Prostap®, Viadur®
Busulfan (Myleran®, Busulfex®)
Intravesicular Mitomycin (Mutamycin®, Mitomycin-C, given into the bladder)
Mechlorethamine (Mustargen®, Nitrogen Mustard)
mechlorethamine, mustine, Mustargen®
Megestrol (Megace®, Megace-ES®)
Mercaptopurine (Purinethol®, 6-MP)
Methotrexate (Mexate®, Folex®, Rheumatrex®, Amethopterin, MTX)
Mexate®, Folex®, Rheumatrex®, Amethopterin, MTX
Mitomycin (Mutamycin®, Mitomycin-C)
Morphine Sulfate (Given by IV)
Morphine Sulfate (MS Contin®, Avinza®, Kadian®, Oramorph SR®)
MS Contin®, Avinza®, Kadian®, Oramorph SR®
Mutamycin®, Mitomycin-C, given into the bladder
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Thioguanine (6-TG, Thioguanine Tabloid®)
Toposar®, VePesid®, Etopophos®,VP-16
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