Humanistic Management: Leadership and Trust, Volume I Foundations, Cases, and Exercises

Annotation In life-threatening forms of cancer, cells stop working correctly, grow, divide, and spread throughout the body in harmful ways. These diseases impact the lives of many people, directly for those diagnosed and indirectly for the friends and families of those diagnosed. So many distinct forms of cancer with multiple unique diagnostic tools and approaches to treatment can be overwhelming for those diagnosed and those supporting them. Historical struggles with cancer can create a hopeless perception of disease prognosis, but advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment mean that many cancers can be well managed and even cured. This book discusses four types of cancer: skin, lung, breast, and prostate cancer. Wrestling with a diagnosis of one of these cancers can be complicated by the variety of treatment choices available and the unique medical history associated with both the patient and the cancer. The complexity of diagnosis and treatment requires that each cancer be considered a distinct disease, with some underlying common features. The author describes these common features and then discusses each cancer in terms of symptoms, diagnosis, causes, treatments, and future advances The complexity of cancer symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment can be overwhelming to an individual diagnosed with the disease. This complexity is due in part to the fact that cancer is not one disease, but a set of diseases in which cells of the human body acquire the ability to divide and multiply in an uncontrolled way. For this reason, a cancer can be thought of as a cellular disease, driven by mutations in genes that regulate the function of those cells. In many cancers, these cells will form tumors, or masses of cancer cells that can increase in size over time, potentially impeding the functions of organs and tissues in the body. For this reason, cancer can also be considered a disease of organs, and usually cancers are named according to the organ where the cancer cells were originally located. When cancer cells are able to move through the body to new tissues, they become more dangerous to the patient. The cancer disease that results will differ depending on the type of cell that is dividing and the tissue that is invaded by the cancer. If left untreated, the growth of cancer cells that have invaded tissues of the body will impair organ function and cause death. Taken together, cancers represent a huge societal impact, taking lives and changing the lifestyles of countless individuals. Understanding cancer means both understanding the common underlying features common to most cancers and focusing on the details of specific types of cancers. This book focuses on four cancers that form solid tumors: skin, lung, breast, and prostate. In each case, the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prospects of each cancer are addressed in order to come to a better understanding of these devastating diseases Content: Cover Cancer Contents List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction CHAPTER 1: Symptoms and Diagnosis CHAPTER 2: Causes and Contributing Factors CHAPTER 3: Treatment and Therapy CHAPTER 4: Future Prospects Conclusion Bibliography Glossary About the Author Index Ad Page Back Cover.