Inside the Book

This book contains practical information to help patients cope with treatment-associated skin, hair, and nail toxicities, which can range from mild and annoying to serious enough to affect health, treatment, and quality of life. Written by one of the foremost experts in the dermatologic side effects of cancer treatments, Dr. Lacouture's Skin Care Guide for People Living With Cancer is an invaluable resource for patients and survivors.

The book is filled with a variety of resources useful to people living with cancer, including:

• Detailed suggestions for preparing for and managing these
  complications (see sample page 212)


• Medically accurate drawing that help patients learn how to
  monitor for skin changes (see sample page 3)


• Numerous tables and figures for quick reference
  information (see sample page 116)


• Expert recommendations of available patient Web
  resources (see sample page 244)


• Q&A's of questions regularly posed to dermatologists by people
  living with cancer (see sample page 28)


• Concise summaries of the key points to each chapter (see sample page 99)


• Comprehensive glossary of terms (see sample page 261)