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Navigating Life with a Brain Tumor

Navigating Life with a Brain Tumor

9780199897797
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The American Academy of Neurologys (AAN) Neurology Now Books series answer the questions and concerns of patients and caregivers with specific neurologic diseases who are navigating a host of issues related to living-often long-term-with a neurologic illness. Navigating Life with a Brain Tumor is a guide for anyone affected by brain tumors and their associated conditions-patients, family members, friends, and caregivers. Providing readily accessible information and real-world encouragement to people living with primary and metastatic brain tumors and their caregivers, this book discusses the basics of brain tumors, types of tumors, management of different tumors, related symptoms, treatments and side effects, the role of medical teammembers, and coping strategies from initial diagnosis throughout the course of the illness. At the same time, it also offers practical suggestions on symptom management and lifestyle modification, as well as real-life anecdotes and advice from both patients and family members and friends who are experiencing thisdiagnosis. Balancing the uncertainties of prognosis with hope, Navigating Life with a Brain Tumor is an authoritative, realistic, yet compassionate guide to living with brain cancer.
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OUP USA
86879
9780199897797
9780199897797

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Publication date
2012
Issue number
1
Cover
paperback
Pages count
232
Dimensions (mm)
140 x 210
Weight (g)
272
  • SECTION 1: WHERE DO I BEGIN?; ; Introduction; Step 1: Take a Deep Breath; Step 2: Seek Out Information; Step 3: Assemble Your Team; Step 4: Keep a Journal; ; Chapter 1: A Look Inside Your Brain; Basics about the Brain; Understanding Brain Tumors; A Search for Why; Getting a Diagnosis; ; Chapter 2: Diagnosing Your Brain Tumor; Assessment and Plan; Getting the Medical Help You Need; Assembling Your Team; Finalizing Your Treatment Team; Understanding Your Prognosis; Time to Take Charge; ; Chapter 3: Understanding Radiation Therapy; Members of the Radiation Oncology Team; Important Considerations; Side Effects of Radiation Therapy; Retreatment; Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases; Radiation Therapy for Meningioma; ; SECTION 2: HOW DO I DEAL WITH THIS?; ; Chapter 4: Lifestyle Management; Feel Empowered; Reduce Stress; Breathe Deeply; Consider Meditation; Move Your Muscles; Eat Well; Herbal and Dietary Supplements; Driving; Working; Support Groups; Cosmetic Issues; Creativity and Art as Therapy; ; Chapter 5: Symptom Management and Palliative Care; Symptoms; Big Picture Topics to Keep in Mind; ; Chapter 6: Care of the Caregiver; Pre-Surgery; During Treatment; Recurrence; ; Chapter 7: Legal and Financial Issues; Financial Planning; Advance Directives; Living Wills; HIPAA-What Information Do I Have Access to and How to Make the Most of It; Maintaining Tracking Information through Electronic Medical Records; ADA Issues; ; SECTION 3: WHAT CAN I AND MY MEDICAL TEAM DO ABOUT IT?; ; Chapter 8: Tumors within the Skull Yet Outside the Brain; Basics about Meningioma; Treating Atypical and Malignant Meningiomas; Pituitary Adenoma; Acoustic Neuroma; How Will Having One of These Tumors Affect My Life?; ; Chapter 9: Primary Brain Tumors; Understanding Your Treatment Options; Understanding Your Pathology Report; Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy; ; Chapter 10: Understanding Metastatic Brain Tumors; Symptoms; Diagnosis; Treatment; Prognosis; Leptomeningeal Disease; ; APPENDIX; Resources; GLOSSARY;
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