Abstract

Dr. Takeshi Hirohashi announced that he was diagnosed with cancer in May 2023 and will be forced to undergo long-term cancer treatment. He specializes in palliative care for cancer and has faced patients head-on as a doctor, but when he became a cancer patient himself, he was often confused. Based on his own experiences, this book explains the knowledge necessary for cancer patients and their families to live with cancer from two perspectives: doctor and patient. One million people are diagnosed with cancer each year (National Cancer Research Center, 2019), and approximately 380,000 people die from cancer. This is an era in which cancer accounts for 26.5% of the total annual deaths. How should patients and their families face the disease so that they can live "peacefully" and "comfortably"? By reading this book, you will be able to understand the "truths" and "misunderstandings" about cancer treatment that are not generally known.

Author’s Information

Director of the Cancer Treatment Support and Palliative Care Center and Director of the Palliative Care Ward at Eiju General Hospital. Graduated from Tokai University School of Medicine in 2005. After training at the Department of Internal Medicine at Mitsui Memorial Hospital and other institutions, he decided to become a palliative care doctor in 2009 and worked at the Pain and Palliative Care Department at Kameda General Hospital and the Palliative Care Department at Mitsui Memorial Hospital. He has been in his current position since 2014. As a "two-sword" palliative care doctor who practices palliative care seamlessly in two settings, the ward and at home, he has been involved in the deaths of more than 3,000 patients. In 2023, he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and is currently working as a palliative care doctor while fighting the disease. His books include "Living without trying too hard: A palliative care doctor who had cancer shares his thoughts on health from the age of 40" (KADOKAWA) and "A wonderful death: How to send off your loved ones without regrets" (PHP Institute).