Read the expert's guide to caring for the
skin effects of cancer and its treatment

More and more people are living with and surviving cancer than ever before. However, your cancer treatment may cause unexpected side effects to the skin, hair, and nails. How can you navigate these changes without affecting your treatment, your appearance, or even your sense of who you are?

Written by Dr. Mario Lacouture, an expert in the dermatologic side effects of anti-cancer medications, this book offers clear information and practical suggestions for preventing, treating, and living through these skin, hair, and nail changes.

Take control of your life and health by knowing what to expect

Prepare for the rash, itching, or dry skin that may come with your cancer treatment
Care for your fingernails, and choose products that will contribute to their health
Understand your risk for hair loss, and arm yourself with the tools you need to cope
Learn how to select and use the moisturizer and cosmetics that are right for you
Look better and feel better—with specific information for survivors!
And much more…see inside for details.

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)

About the Author

The Author Mario E. Lacouture, MD, is a
board-certified dermatologist with a special interest in dermatologic conditions that result from cancer treatments. His clinical focus is the recognition and management of the side effects and conditions of the skin, hair, and nails that may arise in cancer patients and survivors as a consequence of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or transplantation. His research focuses on exploring new skin treatments that do not interfere with the effectiveness of anticancer medications. Dr. Lacouture received his MD degree from Javeriana University in Colombia. He completed residencies at Cleveland Clinic and The University of Chicago and a fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Prior to his current position as an Associate Member at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, he was an attending physician at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, where he founded the SERIES clinic to care for people living with cancer. He lives in New York City.

Buy It Now

Order your copy of Dr. Lacouture's Skin Care Guide for People Living With Cancer today! The book is available for purchase directly through this website for $29.95 + shipping via PayPal.

You can also purchase the book on Amazon.com.

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