They are four words that can terrify any parent to the core: Your
child has cancer. Each year more than 13,000 children and teenagers
are diagnosed with cancer in the United States. The shock and
demands of that diagnosis can be overwhelming for the parents,
children, family, and friends as they face the emotions, along with
the need to understand what the diagnosis means as well as what
treatments are available and which are right for them. Parents,
family members, friends, and professionals in healthcare will find
support in this book. Written by a specialist in Pediatric
Oncology, who is herself a cancer survivor as well as the mother of
three young children, this book is clearly-stated and offers
comprehensive information about the cancers that strike our
youngest. They are four words that can terrify any parent to the
core: Your child has cancer. Each year, more than 13,000 children
and teenagers in the United States are diagnosed with cancer. The
shock and demands of that diagnosis can be overwhelming for the
parents, children, family members, and friends, as they face the
emotions along with the need to understand what the diagnosis
means, what treatments are available and which are right for them.
In this book, there is support for all. Written by a specialist in
Pediatric Oncology who is herself a cancer patient as well as the
mother of three young children, this guide offers clearly stated
and comprehensive information about the cancers that strike our
youngest. Dr. Howell explains the 12 types of childhood cancer,
with leukemias and tumors of the brain and nervous system most
common. She tells us what the overall prognosis is, and how cancers
affect children differently than they do adults, as well as what
little is known about the causes, and she details the controversies
on that subject. Howell explains common procedures and tests
before, during, and after therapy, as well as the potential side
effects. This compassionate physician does not ignore the vitally
important issues of emotion-how to find the calm and strength to
help the child or teen and be his or her best advocate, how to tell
the child the diagnosis, what questions to anticipate, and how to
deal with other family members and friends.
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