Understanding Lung Cancer: An Introduction for Patients and Caregivers - Hardcover

Naheed Ali

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1442223235 ISBN 13: 9781442223233

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014

Synopsis

Cancer of any kind is scary, but lung cancer is unique in that most people think that only people who smoke can or do get it. The truth is that anyone can get lung cancer, and it can be deadly. In 2008 (the most recent year numbers are available), 208,493 people in the United States were diagnosed with lung cancer, while 158,592 people in the United States died from lung cancer. Here, Dr. Naheed Ali dispels the notion that only smokers develop lung cancer, but also goes over their increased risk for getting the disease, while also considering the risk factors that non-smokers face. He provides background and tips for combating lung cancer, from prevention, to treatment, to coping with the disease should a person fall victim.

In typical fashion, Ali helps readers to understand what lung cancer is, how it develops, its different forms, and how both patients and caregivers can approach healing and treatment. Offering a clear background on the disease and its development, this work will help lung cancer sufferers and their friends and family better cope with and understand the diagnosis.

About this title

About the Author

Naheed Ali, M.D., Ph.D., is the author of Understanding Celiac Disease (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), Understanding Alzheimer's (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012), and Arthritis and You (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013). His website is NaheedAli.com.

Review

Dr. Ali's Understanding Lung Cancer is an incredibly well-organized guidebook possessing an ability to discuss virtually everything there is to know about lung cancer in a single volume. The author emphasizes how lung cancer can affect both patients and caregivers in all walks of life, and his ideas are suggestive of a multipronged approach that’s much needed in light of our rapidly changing health care system. As someone who has lost family members to lung cancer, I have no hesitation in recommending this book. (Meredith Patterson, Broadway and Television Actress)

Dr. Ali has taken on a huge and complicated subject, and successfully given an overview that will benefit lay and professional readerships alike. Most of all, he has clearly defined the monstrous nature of this killer - lung cancer - and correctly pointed out that while there are many factors in its development, the single most consistent stimulus is WHAT WE BREATH. The data for that cause and effect is irrefutable. For those that seek knowledge regarding this cancer, this work is rich in data sources. (Roy B. Sessions, M.D., author of The Cancer Experience)

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1442223235
• ISBN 13: 9781442223233
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 382