Fighting Cancer With Knowledge And Hope

Anyone who is diagnosed with cancer receives a frightening blow, and in many cases the diagnosis is accompanied by a bewildering array of treatment choices. In this invaluable book, Dr Richard C. Frank offers comfort and help to cancer patients, their families and their caretakers. Dr Frank empowers patients by unlocking the mysteries of the disease and explaining in plain language the ways to confront and combat it. An award-winning medical oncologist recognised for his humanitarian approach as well as his research accomplishments, Dr Frank understands that cancer patients and their families need insight into the disease along with a sense of control. He explains what cancer is and how it spreads, how the different treatment options work and what factors affect a patient’s prognosis. With a wealth of patient case histories, helpful coping strategies from cancer survivors and up-to-date information about useful resources, Fighting Cancer is the book cancer patients and their loved ones can turn to with confi dence and hope.

Richard C. Frank MD is director of cancer research at the Whittingham Cancer Center in Norwalk, Connecticut, and medical director at the Mid-Fairfi eld Hospice in Wilton, Connecticut.