Cheryl Healton, President and CEO, American Legacy Foundation
"This book will be invaluable to those diagnosed with the illness and their many loved ones."
Deanna Menesses, Executive Director, Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support and Education
"If you or someone you care about is at risk, I highly recommend this informative and useful tool."
P. Jo An Loren, Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, Innovative Medical Education Consortium
"Innovative educational programs for healthcare professionals and consumers."
Harvey I. Pass, MD, Chief, Thoracic Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute
"This unique reference text is must reading for those confronted with—or worried about—a lung cancer diagnosis."
Paul Bunn, President, American Society of Clinical Oncologists
This important book is a must-read for current and former smokers.
Review
An invaluable resource, offering information, support, and hope. I wish this outstanding book had been available when I was diagnosed. Everyone touched by lung cancer should read it.--Karen Parles, editor and webmaster of Lungcanceronline.org
Paul Bunn, President, American Society of Clinical Oncologists
This important book is a must-read for current and former smokers.
Diane Blum, Executive Director, Cancer Care, Inc.
[A] high quality and timely guide. This book should be recommended to all those confronting a lung cancer diagnosis.
Harvey I. Pass, MD, Chief, Thoracic Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute
This unique reference text is must reading for those confronted with—or worried about—a lung cancer diagnosis.
P. Jo An Loren, Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief, Innovative Medical Education Consortium
Innovative educational programs for healthcare professionals and consumers.
Deanna Menesses, Executive Director, Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support and Education
If you or someone you care about is at risk, I highly recommend this informative and useful tool.
Cheryl Healton, President and CEO, American Legacy Foundation
This book will be invaluable to those diagnosed with the illness and their many loved ones.
Priscilla Dewey Houghton
A comprehensive, vitally important book that can save thousands
of lives in educating people for early detection and treatment.
of lives in educating people for early detection and treatment.
Publishers Weekly
The sheer volume of information presented here is the strength of this comprehensive manual....An excellent resource.
Oncology Times, December 2003
A comprehensive, easy-to-read guide about all aspects of lung cancer
Product Description
Lung cancer kills more women than breast cancer, more men than prostate cancer - because it's usually found too late. Claudia Henschke offers specific recommendations: who needs to be checked, where to be tested and what to expect. This book provides information on diagnosis, treatment and survival, accompanied by inspiring words from survivors.
About the Author
Claudia I. Henschke, Ph.D., M.D., is chief of the Division of Chest Imaging and professor of radiology at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. Dr. Henschke was named one of the twenty most influential people in radiology by Diagnostic Imaging Magazine. Peggy McCarthy, M.B.A., is the founder of the Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support, and Education. Sarah Wernick, Ph.D., is an award-winning freelance writer who specializes in health.
