Book Review – Cancer Help

This is a very targetted book to its intended audience – people having chemotherapy. It explains how chemotherapy works and some of the situations in which it might be helpful. There is a clear explanation as to why ‘adjuvant chemotherapy’ might be prescribed, but I would like to have understood better why chemotherapy would be given to someone where it is not expected to cure.
The specific subject is covered well, though the language may well be difficult to understand for many. Possible side effects and ways to handle them are covered, including alternative and non-medical approaches.
Could also be read by family members, though the person having treatment is addressed in the book as ‘you’. The information in the book is UK-specific and there are a few UK organisations listed.

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