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9781565924444

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas: Making Sense of Diagnosis, Treatment & Options

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    9781565924444

  • ISBN10:

    1565924444

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-05-01
  • Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Summary

Gives guidance from the vantage of people living with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. It includes the latest in research & treatments, as well as coping with symptoms & side effects, medical tests, insurance, finances, & fertility.

Author Biography

Lorraine Johnston is the wife of an eight-year lymphoma survivor and the daughter of a twenty-year lymphoma survivor. In the years since her husband's diagnosis, she's been involved in a number of support groups that offer emotional and practical support to lymphoma survivors. Her first book is Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas: Making Sense of Diagnosis, Treatment & Options. In the course of her support group efforts, Lorraine has been interviewed by the Philadelphia Inquirer and by National Public Radio's Marketplace program regarding the best ways to find reliable medical information using a personal computer and various media such as the World Wide Web. She attempts to dispel the myths that access to sound medical information is cloaked in secrecy and that medical literature is impossible to interpret. Using her life-long love of biology and her degree in life sciences, she helps cancer survivors evaluate accurately the material they locate, emphasizing resources such as the National Cancer Institute's databases of treatments and clinical trials, and the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE, a collection of over nine million published medical research studies. Lorraine's years of study have included many courses in psychology, but she found that nothing in her educational background prepared her adequately for facing the terror and heartbreak of cancer. One of her chief interests is helping the newly diagnosed as well as long-term survivors feel less lonely and less afraid as they confront their diagnoses and weigh their options.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Preface xv
Symptoms and Diagnosis
1(15)
Finding the Right Oncologist
16(11)
What Are the Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas?
27(24)
Prognoses
51(18)
Tests and Procedures
69(44)
How the NHLs Are Treated
113(29)
What to Expect During Chemotherapy
142(15)
What to Expect During Radiotherapy
157(8)
Side Effects of Treatment
165(24)
If You're Hospitalized
189(16)
Stress and the Immune System
205(29)
Interacting with Medical Personnel
234(14)
Getting Support
248(33)
Insurance, Finances, Employment, Record-Keeping
281(16)
After Treatment Ends
297(15)
Late Effects, Late Complications
312(19)
Sexuality, Fertility, and Pregnancy
331(17)
Relapse
348(10)
Clinical Trials
358(23)
Transplantation
381(29)
Traveling for Care
410(8)
If All Treatments Have Failed
418(14)
The Future of Therapy
432(27)
Researching Your Lymphoma
459(22)
Resources
481(24)
Blood and Marrow Test Values
505(2)
Body Surface Area in Square Meters
507(2)
Classification Systems
509(11)
Common Chemotherapies
520(7)
Notes 527(2)
Glossary 529(6)
Bibliography 535(6)
Index 541

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