| For the 200,000 people in the United States who are diagnosed with a brain tumor each year, the future can be daunting. In Living with a Brain Tumor, Dr. Peter Black offers an invaluable mix of advice and medical information, arming readers with everything they need to know to address their diagnosis. Having cared for more than 5,000 patients with brain tumors, Dr. Black draws on years of experience and personal interactions in this comprehensive resource that provides straightforward information about:
• How brain tumors are diagnosed and different types of brain tumors.
• The emotional impact of a brain tumor diagnosis on patients and their families as well as
issues such as managing work and finances.
• The complex array of available treatments and the right questions to ask to make
informed decisions.
• Issues ranging from physical and emotional scars to speech and occupational therapy.
Dr. Black believes that many brain tumors can have very positive treatment results. Equipped with the information in this book, patients and their families and friends can learn how to fight brain tumors effectively, putting them on the path to wellness.
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“As a brain tumor survivor, I find Dr. Black’s book to be a wonderful source of information, filled with his usual wonderful insight and compassion. It’s equally as informative for patients just beginning their journey as it is for others in treatment or still walking the path and living with their brain tumors and their effects.”
- Sheryl R. Shetsky, 17-year brain stem glioma survivor & warrior
President/Founder, Florida Brain Tumor Association
“This wonderful book should be required reading for anyone affected by brain tumor issues – current patients, long-term survivors, family members, and medical professionals. This excellent guide will benefit so many people who are affected by all types of brain tumors.”
- Nancy Conn-Levin, M.A., Health Educator & 10-year brain tumor survivor
“Living with a Brain Tumor is a fabulous tool for information and learning about various brain tumors, their treatments, as well as so many other related issues.”
- Neal Levitan, President, Brain Tumor Society
“This comprehensive book is an empowerment tool for any brain tumor patient. The message of hope is justified as progress is being made to understand the molecular biology of brain tumors and to translate this knowledge into clinical advances. Dr. Black and his team are pioneers on both the research and clinical fronts.”
- Steven R. Haley, Founder, Brain Science Foundation
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Peter Black, MD, PhD, FACS is the Franc D. Ingraham Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School and chair of the Departments of Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and at Children’s Hospital Boston. He is also the chief of neurosurgical oncology at the Dana-Farber cancer Institute. He has published more than 300 professional articles on brain tumors and has devoted his professional life to taking care of patients with these and other neurological disorders.
To learn more about Dr. Black and his innovative brain tumor research, visit his research laboratory website at http://blacklab.bwh.harvard.edu
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| Living with a Brain Tumor can be found anywhere books are sold, including online booksellers such as Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com
ISBN 0-8050-7968-8, Published by Owl Books
For more information, contact Sandi Rufo at srufo@partners.org or Kiki Kamanu at Kiki.Kamanu@childrens.harvard.edu
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