Overview
Whether you are undergoing radiation therapy, or are a friend or relative of someone who is, 100 Questions & Answers About Your Radiation Treatment offers much-needed help. About 60% of all cancer patients need to undergo radiation treatment, and this comprehensive guide provides authoritative, practical answers to the most commonly asked questions by patients and family about this treatment. 100 Questions & Answers About Your Radiation Treatment is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of radiation treatment.
Full Product Details
Author: Kenneth S. Hu ,
Elena Kuzin ,
Elise Carper
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
Imprint: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
ISBN: 9780763791513
ISBN 10: 0763791512
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 15 December 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Author Information
Kenneth S. Hu, MD, Co-Director, The Institute for Head and Neck and Thyroid Cancer Director of Radiation Oncology Programs, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary; Attending Physician, Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Medical Center (BIMC) and St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center; Asst. Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Hu is a radiation oncologist with special expertise in head and neck brachytherapy and intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT). A graduate of Harvard Medical School-MIT, Dr. Hu completed a radiation oncology residency at Memorial Sloan-Kettering and fellowship training in brachytherapy/stereotactic radiosurgery at BIMC before coming on staff in 1999. A physician-researcher, Dr. Hu directs translational studies and conducts clinical trials that examine a variety of strategies to refine and improve radiation and chemotherapy delivery in head and neck cancer patients. Elena A. Kuzin, RN, MSN, APRN, BC, AOCN, Geriatric and Adult Nurse Practitioner in Radiation Oncology. Elena is a Nurse Practitioner presently working in Radiation Oncology at Beth Israel Hospital in New York. She received her Nurse Practitioner degree from Hunter College-City University of New York in 1990. She is certified by the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) as an Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse and by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in Advanced Practice Palliative Management and as a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner. For the past 15 years, her nursing career has focused on the care of oncology patients with the primary emphasis on palliative care and end-of-life issues. She recently wrote a chapter on Superior Vena Cava Syndrome in Understanding and Managing Oncologic Emergencies, which was published by the ONS. She is a member of numerous professional organizations. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her partner and their four children.
