Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind/Body Medicine
Author: Deepak Chopra
Here is an extraordinary new approach to healing by an extraordinary physician-writer -- a book filled with the mystery, wonder, and hope of people who have experienced seemingly miraculous recoveries from cancer and other serious illnesses.
Dr. Deepak Chopra, a respected New England endocrinologist, began his search for answers when he saw patients in his own practice who completely recovered after being given only a few months to live. In the mid-1980's he returned to his native India to explore Aruyveda, humanities most ancient healing tradition. Now he has brought together the current research of Wetern medicine, neuoscience, and physics with the insights of Ayurvedic theory to show that the human body is controlled by a "network of intelligence" grounded in quantum reality. Not a superficial psychological state, this intelligence lies deep enough to change the basic pattenrs that design our physiology -- with the potential to defeat cancer, heart disease, and even aging itself. in this inspiring and pioneering work, Dr. Chopra offers us both a fascinating intellectual journey and a deeply moving chronicle of hope and healing.
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Everyone's Guide to Cancer Therapy: How Cancer Is Diagnosed, Treated, and Managed Day to Day, Revised 5th Edition
Author: Md Ernest H Rosenbaum
The Centers for Disease Control reports that more than 20 million people in the U.S. are currently diagnosed with cancer, and 1.4 million people are expected to be diagnosed in the coming year. For the millions confronting cancer's many challenges, Everyone's Guide to Cancer Therapy: How Cancer Is Diagnosed, Treated, and Managed Day to Day relies on an esteemed panel of oncology specialists--more than 100 strong, and each experts in their fields--to completely update this definitive cancer resource.
Equally informative and accessible, this comprehensive book navigates cancer patients and their caregivers through diagnosis, treatment, and supportive care. Every chapter has been methodically updated to include the latest medical breakthroughs and advice concerning cancer treatment, including:
- Information on recently approved "targeted" therapies for various cancer types
- The newest strategies in cancer diagnosis and prevention
- Cancer biology: translating scientific discoveries into meaningful advances for patients
- Supportive care and complementary approaches
Table of Contents:
Foreword Richard Bloch xiPreface to the Fifth Edition Margaret A. Tempero, M.D. xiii
Editors' Preface xv
To the Reader xix
Acknowledgments xxi
Contributors xxv
Diagnosis and Treatment
Understanding Cancer 3
How Cancer Is Diagnosed 17
Working with the Health Care Team 31
Deciding on the Appropriate Treatment 39
Second Opinions 48
What Happens in Surgery 55
What Happens in Radiation Therapy 64
What Happens in Chemotherapy 74
What Happens in Biological Therapy and Immunotherapy 87
Laser Therapy 92
Hyperthermia 98
Cryosurgery 101
Radiofrequency-Generated Heat Treatment (Radiofrequency Ablation) 109
Antiangiogenesis: Inhibition of Blood Vessel Growth as a Strategy for Treating Cancer 113
Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplantation 120
Integrative Oncology: Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care 130
Blood Transfusions and Cancer Treatment 139
Oncology Nursing 145
Supportive Care
Living withCancer 155
Coping with the Side Effects of Chemotherapy 165
Fatigue 182
The Role of Sleep in Health, Disease, and Therapy 185
Maintaining Good Nutrition 191
Controlling Pain 202
Guarding Against Infections 208
Living with an Ostomy 223
The Look Good... Feel Better Cosmetic Program 229
Becoming Sexually Active Again 232
Staying Physically Fit 250
Home Care 254
Palliative Care 262
Quality of Life
The Will to Live 271
Living with Mortality: Life Goes On 275
New Hope in Managing Distress with Cancer 280
Survivorship Guidelines for Cancer Patients and Their Families 288
Late Effects of Cancer Treatment 300
Infertility Problems in Cancer Survivors 306
Cancer and the Family's Needs 314
Paying for Cancer Care 318
Managed Care and Oncology: New Ways to Deliver Health Care 326
Planning for the Future 334
New Advances in Research, Risk Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment
The Impact of Research on the Cancer Problem: Looking Back, Moving Forward 349
Cancer Risk Assessment, Screening, and Prevention 360
Investigational Anticancer Drugs 385
Advances in Cancer Biology 395
Genetic Risk Assessment and Counseling 401
Cancer Information 413
Treating the Common Cancers
Adrenal Gland 421
Anus 428
Bile Duct 441
Bladder 447
Brain 459
Breast 473
Cancer of an Unknown Primary Site (CUPS) 515
Carcinoids of the Gastrointestinal Tract 522
Cervix 529
Childhood Cancers 539
Childhood Cancers: Brain Tumors 549
Childhood Cancers: Retinoblastoma 557
Childhood Cancers: Soft-Tissue and Bone Sarcomas 559
Colon and Rectum 564
Esophagus 588
Gallbladder 598
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor 604
Head and Neck 611
Kaposi's Sarcoma 633
Kidney 642
The Leukemias 649
Liver 663
Lung: Nonsmall Cell 671
Lung: Small Cell 683
Lymphoma: AIDS-Associated 690
Lymphoma: Hodgkin's Disease 694
Lymphoma: Non-Hodgkin's 702
Melanoma 713
Mesothelioma 726
Metastatic Cancer 734
Multiple Myeloma 740
Neuroendocrine (Islet Cell) Tumors of the Pancreas 748
Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors 754
Ovary 760
Pancreas 770
Parathyroid 778
Penis 782
Pituitary 786
Prostate 789
Sarcomas of Bone and Soft Tissue 807
Skin 816
Small Intestine 827
Stomach 833
Testis 845
Thymus 857
Thyroid 863
Trophoblastic Disease 874
Uterus: Endometrial Carcinoma 881
Uterus: Uterine Sarcomas 889
Vagina 897
Vulva 902
Glossary of Medical Terms 909
Cancer Information Bibliography 939
Index 947
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