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开 本: 16开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780553384543
doctor-patient communication, and a pre*ive guide for patients
and their families. Writing with wit and humility, Dr. Bernadine
Healy shares the hard-won insights that transformed her own
struggle with a deadly cancer more than seven years ago, affirming
her identity as patient and doctor with the many who share this
journey.
Together with more than ten million survivors in the United States
alone, Dr. Healy, former director of the National Institutes of
Health, is a close witness to the medical advances that have
brought us to a turning point in the war on cancer. This quiet
revolution is curing a growing number of cancers and transforming
many others from a death sentence to a chronic illness, one that
calls for vigilance but not despair.
Beginning with her own compelling story, Dr. Healy interweaves it
with one of the most lucid narratives ever written of what cancer
is, how it works in our bodies, and how we can defeat it. She
explains how genetic research and other new approaches are
radically altering diagnosis and treatment, and she offers precise
and empowering ways for patients and their families to access the
information and support they need to secure the best in modern
cancer care. She also underlines the urgency of accelerating the
pace of research that could map out and destroy cancer in the
twenty-first century.
Dr. Healy is forthright about the rigors of treatment and the toll
cancer still takes, but readers will come away from her book with
the information, resources, and heartfelt encouragement they need
to look forward to a future with hope.
From the Hardcover edition.
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