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CANCER TREATMENTS > CHEMOTHERAPY > GENERAL INFORMATION > PATIENT INFORMATION GUIDEUK Patient Information Guide: Chemotherapy
Book
| Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy Survival Guide | |
| Author | Judith McKay & Nancee Hirano |
| Publisher | New Harbinger Publications |
| Description | Explanation of how chemotherapy works, and how drugs are given. Aims to help you cope with side effects such as nausea, digestive problems, stress, fatigue, hair loss and skin changes. |
| ISBN | 1-572240-70-9 |
| Date | 1998 |
| Coping with Chemotherapy and Radiation | |
| Author | Daniel Cukier et al |
| Publisher | McGraw-Hill Contemporary |
| Description | A guide to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. It gives information on how radiotherapy and chemotherapy work, how the treatment may affect you and how to cope with and reduce side effects. |
| ISBN | 0-071444-72-6 |
| Date | 2004 |
Booklets and factsheets
| Chemotherapy | |
| Author | Royal Marsden NHS Trust |
| Description | A guide to chemotherapy as a treatment, its side effects and further sources of information. |
| Obtain from | Online at www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/RMH/cancer/furtherinformation/downloads/ |
| Chemotherapy - A guide for patients and their families | |
| Author | Christie Hospital NHS Trust |
| Description | Booklet |
| Obtain from | Online at www.christie.nhs.uk/patients/booklets/ or call 0161 446 3576. |
| Combination chemotherapy regimen | |
| Author | Cancerbackup |
| Description | Over 40 factsheets |
| Obtain from | Online version available Order from Cancerbackup |
| Individual chemotherapy drugs | |
| Author | Cancerbackup |
| Description | Over 40 factsheets |
| Obtain from | Online versions available Order from Cancerbackup |
| Mouth care during chemotherapy | |
| Author | Cancerbackup |
| Description | Factsheet |
| Obtain from | Online version available Order from Cancerbackup |
| Treatment options: Chemotherapy | |
| Author | Wessex Cancer Trust |
| Description | A leaflet specifically for breast cancer patients who are about to undergo chemotherapy, with sections on the purpose of chemotherapy, the possible side effects and how it may make a patient feel. |
| Obtain from | Wessex Cancer Trust, Bellis House, 11 Westwood Road, Southampton, Hampshire SO17 1DL. Tel: 023 8067 2200. Fax: 023 8067 2266. |
| URL | http://www.wessexcancer.org |
| Understanding Chemotherapy | |
| Author | Cancerbackup |
| Description | Booklet |
| Obtain from | Online version available Order from Cancerbackup |
Multimedia
| Chemotherapy & Radiotherapy | |
| Author | Cancerbackup |
| Description | Video giving an overview of treatment, side effects and the methods used to alleviate them. Also available in Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi and Urdu. |
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