Bladder-Cancer Books

After nearly a year of visiting my doctor and urologist, I was diagnosed with bladder cancer. I'm the type of person who reads everything, so I bought this book, which is a medical text. IT WAS WELL WORTH THE PRICE. After reading it -- I could understand almost all of it but the most technical parts -- I was able to have a frank, technical discussion with my urologist and actually influence the treatment decisions he was making for me. I am undergoing a biopsy tomorrow to determine the exact source of the cancer. (All of the uniary system is lined with the same type of cells called transitional cells, so if they can't see the source of the cancer with a cystoscope they don't know exactly where it is emanating from.) Most bladder cancer is quite managable, but it is the fourth leading cancer and nothing to fool around with. This book will give you a solid background and help you understand the subtlties of the disease and the diagnostic tests, as well as management of your recovery. It's only shortcoming is that it was published in 2001 and some diagnostic advances have been made. This book however, had all the information I needed to make sure my diagnosis and treatment began to move very quickly. As an aside, they began looking at me because my PSA test was high, but even after a prostate biopsy and a couple of prostate ultrasounds they could find nothing wrong with my prostate. I'm not an MD, but the uniary system and the prostate share the same local and I would not be at all surprised if my uniary system isw 'exciting' my prostate (no pun intended).

Published in 2000, this is an excellent book for one to begin to get information on bladder cancer. However, we find it is becoming quite outdated. For example, chemotherapy drugs have progressed beyond those referenced in the text and CT equipment is now newer than that which appears to have been standard when the book was written. The authors could do a tremendous service by updating this book, and in so doing, provide a great service to many people with this disease.

written by a very talented and capable doctor. Johns Hopkins is an outstanding facility, filled with top-level physicians.
Dr. Schoenberg rises to the top! He is straight forward and chillingly honest with his patients. You can believe what he says when the patient is under great pressure to make a decision about a very serious condition and surgery. This book is most helpful in helping a patient make a wise decision. I have not found another book that spells it out and tells it as it is. I own two copies and am constantly allowing friends to borrow one while they make this terrible discovery and decision on their life and future. Highly recommend it.

Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer and the least discussed: Dr. Mark Schoenberg's Guide To Living With Bladder Cancer tells what is needed to know about symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. Chapters move from the basic initial signs of such cancer to treatment options and bladder preservation therapy. A quite comprehensive portrait evolves.

Written in plain English, so you can understand everything that's necessary about bladder cancer. No need to sit with a medical dictionairy to explain terms, since everything is put in plain words. I have bladder cancer and this book has put the disease in perspective for me. I would advise anyone that wants to understand this form of cancer to read it now.

Bladder cancer is a very common form of cancer. It is a messy disease and painful. Despite its frequent occurrence, there is little public discussion of its symptoms or treatments. So until I became a bladder cancer patient, I knew essentially nothing about this disease.

But bladder cancer patients need good information fast. There are critical treatment decisions to be made right after the initial diagnosis, and the choices one makes will affect one's future quality of life to a major degree. Discussions with one's urologist are helpful, but there is much to learn if one wishes to make informed decisions.

Mark Schoenberg's book provides the essential facts to help bladder cancer patients make those critical decisions. I know: it helped me.

The person for whom I purchased this book shortly after they were diagnosed with bladder cancer said it was extremely helpful. They would definitely recommend it. One of the reasons they liked the book was that it anticipated the questions they were asking themselves and it alerted them as to what questions they should ask their doctor. There is not a lot of literature around for this form of cancer.

Another reason they liked the book was that it explained how they would feel, what the treatment was like, what the treatment options were, and it didn't beat around the bush on what to expect in the years to come. It prepared them for the worst while emphasizing what there was to be optimistic and hopeful about. The book made them aware there are support groups, and also offered suggestions on how to discuss it with familly and friends and the variety of reactions one is likely to encounter.

Fine for undergraduates but of little use to the orthopaedic trainee. Better off with one of the Thieme series.

This is a great, small book that can be used for quick reference when working with orthopedic patients. The pictures are small but it is not meant as a true anatomical atlas. It includes some nice x-rays, plenty of common pathological conditions and a few quick tests.

My order arrived very quickly and in perfect condition. I will do business with this seller again

It is frustrating and sad to see Dr. Netter's art being miniaturized.
The book should be sold together with a microscope.