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The cancer guide : how to nurture wellbeing through and beyond a cancer diagnosis
2024
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The Cancer Guide is a definitive and inspirational book designed to help patients, partners, family, and work colleagues navigate the trials and difficulties associated with cancer and its treatment. With over forty years' worth of experience to her name, O'Dwyer writes about cancer with humanity and clarity, helping to combat the myths and misinformation surrounding the disease in an age of information overload. Adopting an integrated biological and psychological perspective, O'Dwyer highlights the person at the heart of every treatment, providing helpful advice and shared experiences that are able to destigmatize the shame, fear and denial faced by those affected by cancer. The Cancer Guide is an empowering and informative book for all those whose lives and loved ones have been touched by cancer.
Table of Contents
Prologue: A Letter to the Readervii
Introduction: Cancer in Context1
Section IA Cancer Diagnosis
Chapter 1Before Diagnosis-The Worry of Cancer5
Chapter 2Cancer-Seeking a Diagnosis: The "Tunnel of Tests"11
Chapter 3Cancer-Receiving a Diagnosis: "Picking up the Pieces"17
Section IIMoving to Cancer Treatment-A Psycho-Oncology Perspective
Chapter 4Knowing Your Cancer Treatment Team27
Chapter 5Cancer Treatments-Medical Oncology35
Chapter 6Cancer Treatments-Surgery and Radiotherapy46
Section IIIThe Impact of Cancer
Chapter 7Cancer and Thoughts-The Cancer Myths55
Chapter 8Cancer and the Spectrum of Distress68
Chapter 9Cancer and Fatigue78
Chapter 10Cancer and Sleep, Intimacy, Body Image, Infertility, and Other Issues85
Section IVLife after Cancer
Chapter 11When Treatment Ends-When Rehabilitation Starts99
Chapter 12After Cancer-Reclaiming Your Life I: Choices, Physical Health, and Work116
Chapter 13After Cancer-Reclaiming Your Life II: Managing Social Situations126
Section VYour Cancer and Others
Chapter 14Families and Friends141
Chapter 15Cancer-Your Doctors Are Human Too149
Section VICancer and Dying
Chapter 16Cancer and Dying159
Epilogue171
Appendix173
Acknowledgments175
Index177
About the Author187
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