My Child Has Cancer: A Parent's Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Survival

They are four words that can terrify any parent to the core: Your child has cancer. Each year more than 13,000 children and teenagers are diagnosed with cancer in the United States. The shock and demands of that diagnosis can be overwhelming for the parents, children, family, and friends as they face the emotions, along with the need to understand what the diagnosis means as well as what treatments are available and which are right for them. Parents, family members, friends, and professionals in healthcare will find support in this book. Written by a specialist in Pediatric Oncology, who is herself a cancer survivor as well as the mother of three young children, this book is clearly-stated and offers comprehensive information about the cancers that strike our youngest.

Della L. Howell, M.D. is a Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist in San Antonio, Texas, overseeing the care of patients with cancer and other blood disorders. She earned her medical degree at Virginia Commonwealth University, completed her Internship and Residency in Pediatrics at the San Antonio Military Pediatric Consortium, and completed a Fellowship in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Emory University. Herself a cancer patient, she has a special interest in day-to-day aspects of life with cancer, including innovative cancer treatments and psychosocial issues for cancer patients and long-term survival. Howell lives in Texas with her husband of 12 years and her three young children.