What your doctor may not tell you about colorectal cancer : new tests, new treatments, new hope / Mark Bennett Pochapin ; with a foreword by Katie Couric.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-272) and index.
Contents
pt. 1. The disease no one has to die from -- The truth about colorectal cancer -- Risk factors: who gets colorectal cancer and why? -- pt. 2. Stop colorectal cancer now: the lifesaving power of screening and prevention. -- Colonoscopy: your most powerful weapon against colorectal cancer -- Other important screening technologies -- Eat smart, live right -- Curb colorectal cancer: supplements and chemoprevention -- pt. 3. Hope for a better tomorrow: from diagnosis to treatment -- Getting a diagnosis: understanding pathology, and staging -- Dealing with your diagnosis and choosing Dr. Right -- When surgery is the answer -- If you need chemotherapy or radiation -- Complementary therapies for colorectal cancer -- pt. 4. Living well after colorectal cancer -- Life after colorectal cancer -- Healing from within.
