Making Sense of Diagnosis, Treatment and Options
This book helps those living with non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL) to participate in wise treatment decisions, as well as to cope with tests, treatment side effects, and other practical issues. In straightforward language and in a format that anticipates the reader's questions, this book addresses diagnosis and its emotional tumult; finding a good oncologist; the theories and practical aspects of treatment; characteristics of non-Hogdkin's lymphomas; side effects and long-term effects of treatment; medical tests and procedures; and prognoses.
This book is intended for both newly diagnosed and long-term survivors of the non-Hodgkin lymphomas, their caregivers and loved ones, and for medical personnel who interact with sufferers of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.