Melanoma- Not Just Skin Cancer: The Changing Landscape of Melanoma - Paperback

by Keith Flaherty (Contribution by), Jedd Wolchok (Contribution by), DuPont Guerry (Foreword by)

What's the difference between targeted therapy and immunotherapy? If you are a melanoma patient or caregiver, you should know. Unfortunately, after patients receive a terrifying diagnosis of melanoma they also find a scarcity of science based information. Melanoma Not Just Skin Cancer is the book to fill this void. Written by a melanoma survivor and patient navigator with extensive knowledge of breakthrough therapies, and scientific research this book puts the patient on a level playing field with their medical provider.Catherine Poole founded the Melanoma International Foundation and navigated patients for 20 years working to provide longer, better lives for them. She survived a melanoma diagnosis 30 years. Her first book on melanoma was published in 1998 by Yale University Press. Today, she's a noted expert on melanoma treatment and patient advocacy.