Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Cancer in Older Adults

The Johns Hopkins Patients' Guide to Cancer in Older Adults is a concise, easy-to-follow, how-to guide that puts you and those for whom you are caring on a path to wellness by explaining cancer treatment in older adults from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and provides valuable tools to help you put together a personalized plan of care, whether for you, your parents, or other older loved ones. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to participate confidently in the decision making about care and treatment of the elderly cancer patient.

Learning that you or someone you love has cancer is devastating, and feeling lost and powerless is a common immediate response. The Johns Hopkins Patients' Guides are designed to alleviate your anxiety, empower you with information, and enable you to fully understand your treatment options. Each book in this series is dedicated to a specific type of cancer. The information is there to help lighten your burden and to assist you in becoming an active participant in your care. Cancer rarely allows us to take a diversion from life, and offering guidance on how to continue to live life while working hard on getting well is part of the outcome we hope to help you achieve.

"As a medical oncologist treating older patients, I have found this an excellent, well-researched, and clearly presented compendium. The text provides excellent information bridging principles of geriatrics and gerontology to modern approaches to cancer management. It should prove an invaluable resource for older cancer patients and their families. Just what the doctor ordered!"---William B. Ershler, MD Director, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Riverside Health System, Newport News, VA