Author: David Bub, Susannah L. Rose, W. Douglas Wong

Whether you're a newly diagnosed patient, survivor, or loved one of someone suffering from colorectal cancer, 100 Questions & Answers About Colorectal Cancer, Second Edition, Updated Edition offers essential and practical guidance. With important updates to the Treatment section, this book provides both doctor and patient viewpoints while giving authoritative answers to the most common questions asked about the disease. Written by noted oncologic surgeons and a cancer care social worker from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and commentary from actual colon and rectal cancer survivors, 100 Questions & Answers About Colorectal Cancer, Second Edition, Updated Edition offers a unique, “insider’s” perspective.

Table of contents

Part  1  The Basics
Part  2  Risk and Prevention
Part  3  Screening and Diagnosis
Part  4  Treatment
Part  5  Changes Cancer Makes

About the authors

David S. Bub was trained at the New York University School of Medicine and completed his General Surgery Residency at the St. Lukes-Roosevelt Medical Center in New York.  After completing a fellowship in Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, he spent a year studying the use of endorectal ultrasound with Dr. Douglas Wong at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.  He is current Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City where he heads the anorectal physiology lab.  He belongs to a busy private practice specialising in the treatment of patients with inflammatory bowel disease as well as colon and rectal cancer.

Susannah L. Rose, MSSW, PhD, BA [Philosophy and Psychology], Furman University, 1996; MS in Social Work, Columbia University,1998, MS [Bioethics], Albany Medical Center/Union College, 2006; PhD in Health Policy, Harvard University, 2010. Ms. Rose worked at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City providing clinical services and conducting research for approximately eight years. At MSKCC, she specialised in clinical interventions for people with gastrointestinal cancers and their family members. She has recently completed her doctoral studies at Harvard University, specializing in health care policy and bioethics. She is the primary author on a book entitled 100 Questions and Answers About Caring for Family or Friends with Cancer, second edition, and she has written many other publications focusing on the psychosocial aspects of coping with cancer.

W. Douglas Wong is Chief of Colorectal Service in the Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York.  He received his medical training in Manitoba, Canada, and held a fellowship at the University of Minnesota before coming to MSKCC.  His areas of clinical expertise include colorectal and anal cancer; endorectal ultrasound; anorectal physiology testing; anal incontinence surgery.

Reviews

“…a wonderful resource not only for patients and families facing treatment for colorectal cancer, but for anyone who wishes to become knowledgeable about all aspects of colorectal cancer. It has become a highly respected, authoritative, and appreciated resource for those affected by this common illness.”

- David J. Schoetz, Jr., MD, President, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

“My first thought after reading [this book] was, why has it taken so long to have a book for patients and families that tells all about colorectal tumors in a concise, user-friendly format? The authors have done just that in a superb volume that also gives insights into coping with these cancers and their treatments. Long overdue, much needed, and well done! Congratulations to Bub, Rose, and Wong for a job well done.” 

- Jimmie C. Holland, MD, Chair Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

This is a Jones & Bartlett title, distributed throughout Europe by Class Health.

Publication date: 15/12/2010.