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| View Larger Image | Ovarian Cancer: Your Guide to Taking Control (Patient-Centered Guides) | Paperbackby Kristine Conner (Author), Lauren Langford (Author)
| List Price: | $29.95 | | Price: | $19.77 | | You Save: | $10.18 (34%) | | | Available: | Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your credit card will not be charged until we ship the item. |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Patient Center Guides | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 600 Pages | | Publication Date: | January 01, 2003 | | Sales Rank: | 138,230th |
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Product Description
This unique guide for ovarian cancer gives women crucial medical information to improve the chance for lengthy remission and cure, as well as emotional support for the journey. Although many ovarian cancers are discovered after they have spread, having information about surgery, best practices, and support services can be life-saving. Ovarian Cancer includes:Ten things to know at the time of diagnosis, for optimal outcomeHow choosing a gynecologic oncology surgeon impacts survivalWhen and how you can consider newer chemotherapy and biological treatments, now in research trialsStories of dozens of women living with ovarian cancer, some for many years"Questions for Your Doctor" for all decision pointsA focus on epithelial cancers, the most common and difficult to treat, with information on germ cell, sex cord-stromal cell, and low malignant potential cancersNoted cancer writer Kristine Conner and patient advocate Lauren Langford give ovarian cancer patients this supportive and much-needed resource. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 17 reviews)
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Excellent Resource by Tracey L. Young (El Reno, OK)  5 Stars
May 18, 2007
Ovarian Cancer: Patient-Centered Guides is a comprehensive resource for patients with ovarian cancer and their families. It explains ovarian cancer and the various treatment options, side effects, etc in complete no nonsense terms that are easy to understand. We give a copy of the book to all of our newly diagnosed ovarian cancer patients.
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Ovarian Cancer: Your Guide to Taking Control by Pat Bishop (Massachusetts)  4 Stars
January 03, 2007
Almost everything I have learned about ovarian cancer has been included in this book. It covers the vocabulary and the multiple treatment options. It does not answer the question of "what to do now that I have this" but does not purport to do so. It is the most comprehensive single source of ovarian cancer information that I have seen. It rated 4 stars but there may be no 5 star single source of ovarian cancer information. Why is it so difficult for the hospital oncology bookstores to stock this? My hospital bookstore recommended this but they are having trouble obtaining it. Do the authors realize this?
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Excellent reference! by GoldieP (Michigan, USA) 5 Stars
August 03, 2006
I discovered this book two years after having a "serous ovarian neoplasm of low-level malignant potential" removed. This book explained things so much better than my doctors did, and explained why some of the things that I went through without understanding were done. I wish so much that I had had this book when I was diagnosed; it would have been very comforting to have the info that the book gives.
On the other hand, I discovered by reading the book that I had excellent doctors: it looks like I got state-of-the-art care, without even realizing it. That's good to know.
I recommend this highly for anyone who has or may have ovarian cancer.
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Several errors - not current by Julie (Indiana)  1 Stars
May 01, 2006
I tried some of the websites in the book and they were not valid and other erroneous things that were not current. I was hoping for more information on what I could do for ovarian cancer from a natural avenue, rather than simply following the crowd. I was able to find the information I was looking for in another book, so this one is on a shelf gathering dust where it belongs. This book is okay if you are looking for everything conventional, but the same info is available everywhere on the internet, so it was a waste of my money.
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comment from the author by Kristine M. Conner (Philadelphia, PA) 5 Stars
January 18, 2006
I am glad that women and their families are finding the book helpful. Most of the information remains current, almost three years after publication. However, there have been some developments in treatment, so I encourage everyone to supplement the book with their own research (National Cancer Institute, etc.)
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