Childhood Cancer: A Parent's Guide to Solid Tumor Cancers

Childhood Cancer: A Parent's Guide to Solid Tumor Cancers By Anne Spurgeon & Nancy Keene This comprehensive guide covers neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma, Wilms tumor (and other kidney tumors), hepatoblastoma (and other liver tumors), osteosarcoma (and other bone sarcomas), rhabdomyosarcoma (and other soft tissue sarcomas). It contains essential information that families and friends need during this difficult time, including how to: Understand the diagnosis Get excellent treatment Cope with side effects Find emotional support Identify helpful resources Woven throughout the text are true stories—practical, poignant, moving, funny—from more than 150 children with solid tumors, their siblings, and their parents. The text was reviewed by renowned experts in pediatric oncology, and the foreword was written by Garrett Brodeur, MD, Co-director of the Division of Oncology, Director of the Center for Childhood Cancer Research, and Director of the Hereditary Cancer Predisposition Program, Chi