Getting high-quality cancer treatment is important. For a patient with cancer, the quality of their care can have a major impact on their chances of success.
Taking Charge of Cancer is a National Globe and Mail Bestseller. It helps to teach you:
Taking Charge of Cancer is a National Globe and Mail Bestseller. It helps to teach you:
- How to obtain and decipher your medical records.
- How to make sure all the correct tests are done, and that you are assigned the correct stage.
- How doctors decide which treatments are best, and why doctors can be biased.
- How to double-check your doctors' treatment recommendations against published guidelines.
- How to ensure you are receiving top-notch surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy.
- How to make sure all the correct procedures are in place for follow-up after treatment is finished.
- How to distinguish myths from truths about cancer treatment.
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Taking Charge of Cancer includes an Online Patient Toolkit with videos to guide you through many of the steps described in the book.
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In the spirit of the fight against cancer, Dr. Palma has arranged for all author royalties to be sent to the London Health Sciences Foundation, to be used for cancer research.
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Reviews
“This is a long-awaited book written specifically for patients sailing through the cancer journey, and is an invaluable resource for them to empower themselves in their cancer care.”
--Simon S. Lo, MB, ChB, FACR, professor and vice-chair for strategic planning of radiation oncology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and internationally renowned expert in stereotactic radiation delivery and neurologic radiation oncology
“David Palma has developed a refreshing resource for patients who must endure the complicated journey that comes with the diagnosis of cancer. He highlights what questions to ask, why certain tests are done, and where to look for potential mistakes that can affect their outcomes.”
--Drew Moghanaki, MD, MPH, director of clinical radiation oncology research at Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center
“David Palma has written a ‘how-to’ manual that should be considered a must-have book for anyone with cancer. In clear and easily readable prose, Palma helps patients and their family members navigate the unfamiliar territory in which they find themselves after receiving a diagnosis of malignancy. With a combination of illustrative patient stories and well-explained medical evidence, the book provides authoritative guidance in a general sense, and also specific advice on where to find more information on an individual patient’s particular situation. I will recommend it to my patients and to my own family and friends diagnosed with cancer. I am sure they will gain comfort and reassurance from Palma’s thoughtful insights.”
—Brian D. Kavanagh, MD, MPH, FASTRO, professor and chair in the department of radiation oncology at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
“If you use a guidebook for a journey, you will need Taking Charge of Cancer for a cancer journey. Cancer patients are overwhelmed with information related to the diagnosis, and commonly, it is confusing. Palma’s ‘how to’ approach to complex information is surely a brilliant guiding light”
—Tony Mok, MD, chair in the department of clinical oncology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
“Palma has provided important advice that is easy to read and understand. It is an essential read for any patient with cancer who is about to undergo any type of cancer therapy.”
—Robert J. Cerfolio, MD, MBA, FACS, FCCP, chief of thoracic surgery and director of the Lung Cancer Service Line at NYU Langone Cancer Center
--Simon S. Lo, MB, ChB, FACR, professor and vice-chair for strategic planning of radiation oncology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and internationally renowned expert in stereotactic radiation delivery and neurologic radiation oncology
“David Palma has developed a refreshing resource for patients who must endure the complicated journey that comes with the diagnosis of cancer. He highlights what questions to ask, why certain tests are done, and where to look for potential mistakes that can affect their outcomes.”
--Drew Moghanaki, MD, MPH, director of clinical radiation oncology research at Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center
“David Palma has written a ‘how-to’ manual that should be considered a must-have book for anyone with cancer. In clear and easily readable prose, Palma helps patients and their family members navigate the unfamiliar territory in which they find themselves after receiving a diagnosis of malignancy. With a combination of illustrative patient stories and well-explained medical evidence, the book provides authoritative guidance in a general sense, and also specific advice on where to find more information on an individual patient’s particular situation. I will recommend it to my patients and to my own family and friends diagnosed with cancer. I am sure they will gain comfort and reassurance from Palma’s thoughtful insights.”
—Brian D. Kavanagh, MD, MPH, FASTRO, professor and chair in the department of radiation oncology at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
“If you use a guidebook for a journey, you will need Taking Charge of Cancer for a cancer journey. Cancer patients are overwhelmed with information related to the diagnosis, and commonly, it is confusing. Palma’s ‘how to’ approach to complex information is surely a brilliant guiding light”
—Tony Mok, MD, chair in the department of clinical oncology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
“Palma has provided important advice that is easy to read and understand. It is an essential read for any patient with cancer who is about to undergo any type of cancer therapy.”
—Robert J. Cerfolio, MD, MBA, FACS, FCCP, chief of thoracic surgery and director of the Lung Cancer Service Line at NYU Langone Cancer Center