We all know someone who either has cancer or someone who is caring for someone with cancer. Even the term cancer frightens us all just a little bit. What scares us most is the unknown that cancer brings along with it. Cancer: A Patient's and Caregiver's Guide is designed to take away some of the fear by giving you, the reader, a much greater understanding of the disease process, the associated tests, the medications used to treat cancer. Cancer is now a managed chronic (long-term) illness with new successes coming down the road every day. Hope springs eternal, but this road is long and windy. The best help in dealing with cancer is from someone whose moccasins have trodden down this road before. In the text, you will get practical advice, mixed with expert medical knowledge.