The Cancer Survivor Handbook: Your Guide to Building a Life After Cancer

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Cancer Survivor Handbook: Your Guide to Building a Life After Cancer
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Beth Leibson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreCoping with illness
ISBN/Barcode 9781628736137
ClassificationsDewey:362.196994
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
Imprint Skyhorse Publishing
Publication Date 20 March 2014
Publication Country United States

Description

The Institute of Medicine notes that patients diagnosed with cancer have an estimated 64% chance of surviving five years, up from 50% three decades ago. And most of them have lingering symptoms, both physical and emotional. The Cancer Survivor Handbook is a companion and guide for those millions of individuals who are finally done with treatments but are still on the journey to wholeness.

Author Biography

Beth Leibson is a freelance health-care writer and editor who has been published in numerous national, regional, and business magazines and newsletters. She writes regularly for Amoena Life Magazine, a publication geared to breast cancer patients and survivors. She's the author of I'm Too Young to Have Breast Cancer!, which received an award from the Susan G. Komen Arkansas Foundation. She lives in New York, New York.