Understanding colon cancer
Audiobook
Published:
30 May 2020
Next review:
30 May 2023
Edition:
5
This audiobook explains colon cancer, covering causes and symptoms, diagnosis, staging and grading, treatments and clinical trials. It also looks at emotional, practical and financial issues.
In this audiobook
- 1 Information about this audiobook and support from Macmillan
- 2 Introduction
- 3 What is colon cancer
- 4 Causes and risk factors of colon cancer
- 5 Symptoms of colon cancer
- 6 How colon cancer is diagnosed
- 7 Staging and grading
- 8 Tests on the bowel cancer cells
- 9 Treating colon cancer
- 10 Surgery for colon cancer
- 11 Bowel function after surgery
- 12 If you have a stoma
- 13 Chemotherapy
- 14 Bowel cancer that has spread to other parts of the body
- 15 Clinical trials
- 16 After treatment
- 17 Your feelings
- 18 Relationships
- 19 Talking to children about cancer
- 20 If you are a family member or friend
- 21 Work
- 22 Financial help and benefits
- 23 About our information
- 24 Other ways we can help you
- 25 Other organisations
- 26 Further resources
- 27 Can you do something to help
- 28 Information about this recording
Published:
30 May 2020
Next review:
30 May 2023
Edition:
5
This audiobook explains colon cancer, covering causes and symptoms, diagnosis, staging and grading, treatments and clinical trials. It also looks at emotional, practical and financial issues.
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