100 Q&AS ABOUT HEAD & NECK CANCER: . (100 Questions & Answers) - Softcover

Carper, Elise; Hu, Kenneth; Kuzin, Elena

 
9780763743079: 100 Q&AS ABOUT HEAD & NECK CANCER: . (100 Questions & Answers)

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Tumors of the head and neck afflict nearly forty thousand people annually and account for approximately five percent of all cancers. Whether you're a newly diagnosed head and neck cancer patient, a survivor, or friend or relative of either, this book offers help. The only text to provide the doctor's and patient's views, Questions amp Answers About Head and Neck Cancer gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about treatment options, post-treatment quality of life, sources of support, and much more. This is an invaluable resource for anyone coping with the physical and emotional turmoil of head and neck cancer.

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Elise Carper, RN, MA, APRN, BC, AOCN, Adult Nurse Practitioner in Radiation Oncology. Elise is the Director of Nursing, Radiation Oncology and Nurse Practitioner for Continuum Cancer Centers of New York, which includes Beth Israel Medical Center and St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospitals. She has been an oncology nurse her entire nursing career and has worked with patients with head and neck cancers receiving radiation therapy for the past 17 years. She did her undergraduate work at Columbia University and received her Nurse Practitioner degree from New York University in 1997. She is certified by the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) as an Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse. Elise has presented extensively both locally and nationally on care of patients with head and neck cancers. She has also written articles on the Nurse Practitioners role in radiation therapy, as well as chapters on symptom management of patients undergoing head and neck cancer treatment for medical texts. Elise is the author of the module on head and neck cancer for the recently released RONEE educational CD-ROM for radiation nurses, which won the 2006 AJN “Book of the Year: Electronic Media” award. She is a member of numerous professional organizations. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her partner.

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