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Childhood Cancer, Second Edition A Parent's Guide to Solid Tumor Cancers

By Honna Janes-Hodder, Nancy Keene
Second Edition July 2002
Pages: 560
ISBN 10: 0-596-50014-9 | ISBN 13: 9780596500146

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This second edition features a wealth of resources for parents of children with solid tumor cancers, plus many stories of "veteran" parents. Parents will encounter medical facts simply explained, practical advice to ease their daily lives, and tools to be strong advocates for their child. Includes a personal treatment summary and long-term follow-up guide for your child to keep as a permanent record.
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This second edition of the most complete parent guide available, features detailed and precise medical information about solid tumor childhood cancers, including neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, liver tumors, soft tissue sarcomas, and bone sarcomas. In addition, it offers day-to-day practical advice on how to cope with procedures, hospitalization, family and friends, school, social and financial issues, communication, feelings, and, if therapy is not successful, the difficult issues of death and bereavement.

Woven among the medical details and the practical advice are the voices of parents and children who have lived with cancer and its treatments. As many parents have already found, advice from "veteran" parents can be a lifeline. Obtaining a basic understanding of topics such as medical terminology, how drugs work, common side effects of chemotherapy, and how to work more effectively with medical personnel can only improve the quality of life for the whole family suffering along with their child. Having parents describe their own emotional ups and downs, how they coped, and how they molded their family life around hospitalizations can be a tremendous comfort. Just knowing that there are other kids on chemotherapy who refuse to eat anything but tacos or who have frequent rages can make one feel less alone.

Parents who read this book will encounter medical facts simply explained, advice to ease their daily lives, and tools to be strong advocates for their child. It also contains a personal treatment summary and long-term follow-up guide for your child to keep as a permanent record.

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Media reviews "Childhood Cancer offers invaluable information and hope to families whose journey has just begun. A "must read" for parents of children with solid tumors."
--Ruth Hoffman, Executive Director Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation

"This practical guide will empower parents to understand the disease better and participate more actively in the treatment process. Recommended for all consumer health collections."
--Library Journal

"In my 15 years of experience as a pediatric oncology nurse,I have never come across a book as informative, easy-to-read, honest, and encouraging as Childhood Cancer. Janes-Hodder and Keene, both mothers of children who have had cancer, have written a book that is immensely valuable for parents of all newly diagnosed children with cancer. ...Childhood Cancer is a book that parents will refer to again and again over the course of their child's illness. It will truly empower those who read it to be better advocates for their children. I am recommending this book to all the pediatric oncology nurses, social workers, and family support personnel I know."
--Pediatrics Special Interest Group Newsletter Oncology Nursing Society

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