Help in dealing with the Big C Life and Times, , 2 Edition

IT is quite common, and only natural, to feel very alone when you have been told by the doctor that you've got cancer. But after some moments to digest this information, you would want to know what to do next, and where and how to get help. At such times, a book like Cancer - Some Basic Facts f...

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Published inNew Straits times
Main Author Reviewed by Juneita Johari Note: TITLE: Cancer Some Basic Facts for the Lay Person. AUTHOR: Dr L.F. Ng and Sr Karen Gan. PUBLISHER: Desktop Systems, 60 pages
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kuala Lumpur The New Straits Times Press (M) Berhad 16.11.1996
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Summary:IT is quite common, and only natural, to feel very alone when you have been told by the doctor that you've got cancer. But after some moments to digest this information, you would want to know what to do next, and where and how to get help. At such times, a book like Cancer - Some Basic Facts for the Lay Person will be most useful. It is co-authored by Dr Ng Leong Fook, a consultant cancer physician, and Sister Karen Gan, a palliative care nurse specialist. Although there are only 60 pages to leaf through, the book contains a wealth of useful hints, advice and information. The authors discuss what cancer is, available treatments, surgery for cancer, cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiotherapy, palliative care and novel strategies, new treatments and alternative therapies.