Soft cover, full colour photographs and illustrations

YOU HAVE CANCER or have a loved one who has been diagnosed with cancer! Your blood runs cold when you hear the diagnosis. After the shock and denial come the questions: What will I have to go through now? What are my chances?
What cancer is and how it originates
How common it is and success of cancer therapies
The importance of diet, regular examinations and self examination
The many branches and approaches of modern therapy
Modern treatment and prognosis of common cancers (29 types)
Breakthroughs in molecular biology with fewer side-effects
Bone marrow stem cell transplantation
edian survival periods
Alternative, complementary and integrated therapies
Patient support, recovery after mastectomy, cancer in youth and children, effective pain control, care of patients with advanced cancer
Support by community organisations
Author's personal perspective on suffering and healing through faith

Ook in Engels beskikbaar: Knowledge Beats Cancer
JY HET KANKER! 'n Ystervuis beklem jou hart wanneer jy die diagnose hoor. Ná die skok en ontkenning kom die vrae: Wat gaan nou met my gebeur? Wat is my oorlewingskans?
In Kennis Klop Kanker word die pasiënt, en enigeen wat meer van kanker wil weet, ingelig oor alle fasette van kanker:
Wat kanker presies is en hoe kanker ontstaan
Die omvangsyfer en suksesse van kankerterapieë
Belangrikheid van dieet, noodsaaklike gereelde ondersoeke en selfondersoeke
Die vele vertakkinge en benaderinge van moderne terapieë
Moderne behandelingsmetodes en prognose van algemene kankers (29 tipes)
Deurbrake in molekulêre biologie met minder newe-effekte
Beenmurgstamseloorplanting
Mediane oorlewingstatistiek
Alternatiewe, komplementerende en integrerende terapieë
Pasiëntondersteuning, herstel ná mastektomie, kanker by jongmense en kinders, goeie pynkontrole, versorging van pasiënte met gevorderde kanker
Ondersteuning deur gemeenskapsorganisasies
Skrywer se persoonlike perspektief oor lyding en geloofsgenesing
DIE OUTEUR: Albert Stegmann Alberts is 'n onkoloog wat 33 jaar lank met kankerpasiënte gewerk het. Hy het gespesialiseer in al die vertakkings van kankerterapie. Hy is die outeur van verskeie internasionale publikasies.