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Being The Boss In Treating Your Cancer

Rhoda Baer for National Cancer Institute, ID 7496.

You don't get a choice in whether or not you get cancer. 

But you do get a choice--many choices, in fact--in how your cancer is treated.  This is the main message radiation oncologist David Palma delivers in his bookTaking Charge of Cancer

Dr. Palma explores the reasons why doctors choose certain treatment approaches; why they advise radiation, or chemotherapy, or surgery, or a combination. 

The book is full of details on making treatment plans AND picking the best treatment team.  Dr. Palma visits with highlights.  
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.
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