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      Understand Your Conventional Treatment Options
      In addition to the information you generate from your own research, you should expect your oncologist to carefully explain... which types of conventional treatment are recommended for your type and stage of cancer. The options will typically fall into one or a combination of three primary treatment modalities: · Surgery: removal of the tumor by operating on it · Radiation: exposure to x-rays or radium · Chemotherapy: the use of cytotoxic chemicals Surgery is...moreless
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      GAUGE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN YOUR MEDICAL TEAM
      Few patients have any objective way to judge whether their surgeons, oncologists, or other medical professionals have... technical competence. We can consider our medical team's education and professional certifications, and the experiences of other patients. But few of us can evaluate, with technical accuracy, whether a particular doctor will be able to address our specific case with success. We can, however, make subjective assessments, the kind of judgments that can be enormously...moreless
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      BELIEVE IN YOUR TREATMENT PROGRAM
      Excited belief is one of the great intangibles in a successful cancer treatment program. It is a natural extension of your... conviction about your integrated treatment decisions. And it is your personal responsibility to believe in, and even be excited about, your treatment program. Cancer survivors develop a confidence and an excited belief in their treatment programs that other patients do not possess. I am convinced that a correlation exists between belief in one's treatment and its...moreless
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      Give Only Informed Consent
      All treatment decisions should be made—must be made—with the informed consent of the patient or patient's guardian. This... means you need to know in detail, in terms you can clearly understand, all the risks entailed in any procedure involving surgery, anesthesia, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or similar medical encounter. You'll be asked to sign a consent form. Do not sign a blank consent form. Make certain that the exact procedure is described and that you fully understand it. You...moreless
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      REFLECT ON THE TREATMENT DECISION
      If you've carefully read each step up to this point, you'll realize that you've simply been gathering information about... treatment options. You have not yet made any treatment decisions. Now it is time to systematically review your treatment options one last time prior to crossing this Rubicon. First, compare. Are you receiving consistent information from: • The doctor who made the initial diagnosis? • The oncologist whom you consulted for your second opinion? • ...moreless
     
     
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